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A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

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  1. n. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
  2. n. A horn used by hunters.
  3. n. A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.
  4. n. An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
  5. a. Jet black.
  6. n. A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.
  7. n. a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
  8. n. any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
  9. n. a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
  10. v. play on a bugle
  11. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. E. Phillips. 1. A horn used by hunters. 2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle. An elingated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black. Jet black. "Bugle eyeballs." Shak. A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World. Yellow bugle, the Ajuga chamæpitys.
  12. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. E. Phillips.