Another term for spirit-level, used for astronomical instruments.
·noun To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. II. Bubble ·noun A person deceived by an empty pro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The party cheated, perhaps from his being like an air bubble, filled with words, which are only wind...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. ...
·noun A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, when...
Confusion. A hubble-bubble fellow; a man of confused ideas, or one thick of speech, whose words soun...
An eastern pipe for smoking tobacco through water, which makes a bubbling noise. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
To except against the general rule, that he who lays the odds must always be adjudged the loser: thi...
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...