Found 2 items, similar to AEolian harp.
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Definition: aeolian harp
aeolian harp
n : a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind
passes over them [syn:
aeolian lyre,
wind harp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: AEolian harp
Harp
\Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D.
harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame
furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held
upright, and played with the fingers.
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2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
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[AE]olian harp. See under
[AE]olian.
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Harp seal (Zo["o]l.), an arctic seal (
Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica
). The adult males have a light-colored
body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and
the face and throat black. Called also
saddler, and
saddleback. The immature ones are called
bluesides;
their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to
harvest the fur.
Harp shell (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell
of the genus
Harpa, of several species, found in
tropical seas. See
Harpa.
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AEolian
\[AE]*o"li*an\, a. [L. Aeolius, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to [AE]olia or [AE]olis, in Asia Minor,
colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; [ae]olic;
as, the [AE]olian dialect.
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2. Pertaining to [AE]olus, the mythic god of the winds;
a["e]rial.
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Viewless forms the [ae]olian organ play. --Campbell.
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3. relating to or caused by wind.
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[AE]olian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a
pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the
volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the
strings. --Moore.
[AE]olian harp,
[AE]olian lyre, a musical instrument
consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings,
on which the wind acts to produce the notes; -- usually
placed at an open window. --Moore.
[AE]olian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early
ecclesiastical modes.
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