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A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.
A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles.
To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream.
To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.
A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
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A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes.
To cheat; to deceive.
One who cheats.
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The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes.
Abounding in bubbles; bubbling.
A woman's breast.
Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.
An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
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