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  • noun Plural form of oud.

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Examples

  • Every time he enters the room, his followers play “Sharp Dressed Man” on ouds.

    Al-Qaeda Leader Not Really Captured | Manolith 2010

  • Electric guitars, two ouds (Middle Eastern guitars) and a Middle Eastern drum lean against a rack.

    Muslim radio show talks up the taboo Raja Abdulrahim 2010

  • The average refurbished oud sells for $1,500 to $2,000, and his ouds made from scratch cost over $4,000.

    He Plays Arab Music, Makes and Fixes Ouds 2009

  • Most of the ouds I've sampled smell like a cross between the barnyard and a burning plastics factory.

    Le Labo Oud 27: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

  • Today's ouds are usually walnut or rosewood, and have a pear-shaped shell, a short neck with no frets -- allowing the musician a broader tonal range -- and typically one single bass and five double strings.

    He Plays Arab Music, Makes and Fixes Ouds 2009

  • A row of Egyptian, Syrian and Iraqi ouds of various sizes and inlaid patterns hang on the wall, each adorned with a baseball cap.

    He Plays Arab Music, Makes and Fixes Ouds 2009

  • The shop has been there since 1958 exactly as it was last night — a room filled with strings, music books, instruments on every wall… McCabes fixes fiddles and strings, sells psaltries, bouzoukis from Wikipedia: mainstay instrument of Greek music, a round body like a lute with a long neck, setars, and ouds.

    Buzzine » Julie Fowlis 2009

  • I smelled 5 types of oudh – two Indian and 3 Cambodian ouds, ranging from light and woody to smoky and animalic.

    My First Day in Paris Ayala Sender 2009

  • I'm wondering how it compares with the other Rose ouds.

    Seriously Sensual: Montale Aoud Queen Rose Marina Geigert 2009

  • I smelled 5 types of oudh – two Indian and 3 Cambodian ouds, ranging from light and woody to smoky and animalic.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Ayala Sender 2009

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