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Definition of: warble
(wôr′bəl) v. ·bled, ·bling v.t.
1. To sing with trills and runs, or with tremulous vibrations.
2. To celebrate in song.
—v.i.
3. To sing with trills, etc.
4. To make a liquid,
MAJOR WARS OF HISTORY
| NAME | CONTESTANTS (victor shown first) | NOTABLE BATTLES | TREATIES |
| Greco-Persian Wars 499–478 B.C. | Greek states —Persia | Marathon, 490; Thermopylae, Salamis, 480; Plataea, 479 | |
| Peloponnesian War 431–404 B.C. | Sparta —Athens | Syracuse, 415; Cyzicus, 410; Aegospotami, 405 | Peace of Nicias, 421 |
| First Punic War 264–241 B.C.; Second Punic War 218–201 B.C.; Third Punic War 149–146 B.C. | Rome —Carthage | Drepanum, 249; Aegates, 241 Lake Trasimene, 217, Cannae, 216; Zama, 202 | |
| Islamic Invasion of Europe 630–19th century | Christianity —Islam | Constantinople, 717–718; Tours, 732; Manzikert, 1071; Hattin, 187; Lepanto, 1571; Vienna, 1524, 1683; Zenta, 1697 | Pruth, 1711; Kutchuk —Kanardjii, 1774; Sistova, 1791 |
| Norman Conquest 1066 | Normandy —England | Hastings, 1066 | |
| Crusades 1096–1291 | Christianity —Islam (indecisive) | Jerusalem, 1099; Acre, 1191 | |
| Hundred Years' War 1338–1453 | England —France | Crécy, 1346; Poitiers, 1356; Agincourt, 1415; Siege of Orléans, 1428–39 | |
| Wars of the Roses 1455–85 | Lancaster —York (indecisive) | St. Albans, 1455 | |
| Thirty Years' War 1618–48 | Catholics —Protestants | Leipzig, Breitenfeld, 1631; Lützen, 1632 | Westphalia, 1648 |
| Civil War (English) 1642–46 | Roundheads —Cavaliers | Marston Moor, 1643; Naseby, 1645 | |
| War of the Spanish Succession 1701–14 | England, Austria, Prussia, Netherlands —France, Spain | Blenheim, 1704 | Utrecht, 1713 |
| War of the Austrian Succession 1740–48 | France, Prussia, Sardinia, Spain —Austria, England | Dettingen, 1743; Fontenoy, 1745 | Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748 |
| French & Indian War 1755–63 | England —France | Plains of Abraham, 1759; Montreal, 1760 | |
| Seven Years' War 1756–63 | Prussia —Austria, France, Russia | Rossbach, Leuthen, 1757 | Hubertusberg, 63 |
| Revolutionary War 1775–83 | American Colonies —England | Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, 1775; Saratoga, 1777; Yorktown, 1781 | Paris, 1783 |
| Napoleonic Wars 1796–1815 | England, Austria, Russia, Prussia, etc. —France | Nile, 1798; Trafalgar, 1805; Jena, Auerstädt, 1806; Leipzig, 1813 Waterloo, 1815 | Campoformio, 1797; Tilsit, 1807; Schönbrunn, 1809; Paris, 1814–15; Vienna, 1815 |
| War of 1812 1812–15 | Unites States —England | Lake Erie, 1813; New Orleans, 1815 | Ghent, 1814 |
| War of Independence (Greek) 1821–29 | Greece, England, Sweden, Russia —Turkey | Navarino, 1827 | London, 1827 |
| Mexican War 1846–48 | United States —Mexico | Resaca de la Palma, 1846; Chapultepec, 1847 | Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848 |
| Crimean War 1854–56 | Turkey, England, France, Sardinia —Russia | Sevastopol, 1854 | Paris, 1856 |
| Civil War (United States) 1861–65 | Union (North) —Confederate States (South) | Bull Run, 1861; Antietam, 1862; Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, 1863; Wilderness, 1864 | |
| Franco-Prussian War 1870–71 | Prussia —France | Sedan, 1870 | Versailles, 1871 |
| Spanish-American War 1898 | United States —Spain | Manila Bay, Santiago, 1898 | Paris, 1898 |
| Boer War 1899–1902 | England —Transvaal Republic & Orange Free State | Ladysmith, 1899 | Vereeniging, 1902 |
| Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 | Japan —Russia | Port Arthur, Mukden, Tsushima, 1905 | Portsmouth, 1905 |
| First Balkan War 1912–13; Second Balkan War 1913 | Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro —Turkey | Scutari, 1912; Salonika, 1912; Adrianople, 1912 | London, 1913; Bucharest, 1913 |
| World War I 1914–18 | Allies —Central Powers | Dardanelles, 1915; Verdun, Somme, Jutland, 1916; Caporetto, 1917; Vittorio Veneto, Amiens, Marne, Ypres, 1918 | Versailles, Saint-Germain, Neuilly, 1919; Trianon, Sèvres, 1920; Lausanne, 1923 |
| Civil War (Spanish) 1936–39 | Insurgents —Loyalists | Teruel, 1937; Ebro River, 1938 | |
| Allies —Axis 1939–45 | Dunkirk 1940; Crete, 1941; El Alamein, 1942; Tunis, 1943; Stalingrad, 1942–43; Kharkov, 1943; Cassino, 1943–44; Saint-Lô, 1944; Rhine, Ruhr, Berlin, 1945 | Potsdam, 1945 | |
| World War II 1939–45 | |||
| Allies —Japan 1941–45 | Pearl Harbor, 1941; Bataan, 1941–42; Singapore, Coral Sea, Midway Island, Guadalcanal, 1942; Bismarck Sea, Tarawa, 1943; Leyte Gulf, 1944; Philippines, 1944–45; Okinawa, 1945 | San Francisco, 1951 | |
| Korean War 1950–52 | United Nations —North Korea | Inchon, Pyongyang, 1950; Seoul, 1951 | Panmunjom, 1953 |
| Vietnam War 1957–75 | North Vietnam —South Vietnam, United States | Tet Offensive, Saigon, 1968 | Paris, 1973 |
murmuring sound, as a stream.
5. U.S. To yodel. See synonyms under SING.
—noun The act of warbling; a carol; song. [<AF werbler, OF guerbler <werble a warble <OHG werbel something that revolves. Akin to WHIRL.]
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