Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The blackberry. See bumbleberry.

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  • Blackberries go often by the name of "bumblekites," from "bumble," the cry of the bittern, and kyte, a Scotch word for belly; the name bumblekite being applied, says Dr. Prior, "from the rumbling and bumbling caused in the bellies of children who eat the fruit too greedily."

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

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