Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A musical instrument the tone of which is produced by the vibration of a reed; especially, an orchestral instrument of the oboe or of the clarinet family.
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Examples
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The _niau-kani_ -- singing splinter -- was a reed-instrument of a rude sort, made by holding a reed of thin bamboo against
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The sheet-iron thunder crashes; and the orchestra is engaged in another mortal combat with that revolutionary mugwump, the small reed-instrument, that persists in reforming the tune of the opera.
Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872
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This small reed-instrument will not let go; it holds on to that
Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872
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Having accomplished its incendiary and revolutionary purpose, the small reed-instrument subsides until it finds another chance to break out.
Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872
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Wagner has a habit of suddenly bringing out a small reed-instrument with a big voice (we do not know its name), piped in the key of F sharp.
Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872
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I looked if there was any sign of a bellows, thinking it must have been some primitive kind of reed-instrument, like what we call a seraphine or harmonium now-a-days.
The Seaboard Parish, Complete George MacDonald 1864
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I looked if there was any sign of a bellows, thinking it must have been some primitive kind of reed-instrument, like what we call a seraphine or harmonium now-a-days.
The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864
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