Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 Sc. bombill, 8 Sc. bummil, bummle. [f. BUMBLE v.1]

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  1.  ? A humming noise; bluster. Sc.

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1597.  Montgomerie, Flyting, 105. For all ȝour bombill.

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  2.  a. A bumble-bee. b. ‘A provincial name for the Common Bittern’ (Atkinson, Prov. Names of Birds, 1864).

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1638.  Whiting, Albino & Bell. (N.). Yon tender webs … Through which with ease the lusty bumbles break.

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1789.  Davidson, Seasons, 63 (Jam.). Up the howes the bummles fly in troops.

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