Noah Webster's Dictionary 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more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle. 4.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.

Multi-Version Concordance Bugle (1 Occurrence) 1 Corinthians 14:8 If the bugle--to take another example--gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle? (WEY NAS RSV)