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Definition: Egyptian reed
Reed
\Reed\, n. [AS. hre['o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried,
OHG. kriot, riot.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or
grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems,
such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the
common reed of Europe and North America (
Phragmites communis
).
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2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some
plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
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Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed
Of Hermes. --Milton.
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3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior.
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4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.]
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5. (Mus.)
(a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the
mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in
vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a
single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is
double, forming a compressed tube.
(b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of
which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon,
harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets
or registers of pipes in an organ.
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6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or
reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the
swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the
weft; a sley. See
Batten.
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7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for
igniting the charge in blasting.
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8. (Arch.) Same as
Reeding.
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Egyptian reed (Bot.), the papyrus.
Free reed (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the
wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc.
It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of
the organ and clarinet.
Meadow reed grass (Bot.), the
Glyceria aquatica, a tall
grass found in wet places.
Reed babbler. See
Reedbird.
Reed bunting (Zo["o]l.) A European sparrow (
Emberiza sch[oe]niclus
) which frequents marshy places; -- called
also
reed sparrow,
ring bunting.
(b) Reedling.
Reed canary grass (Bot.), a tall wild grass (
Phalaris arundinacea
).
Reed grass. (Bot.)
(a) The common reed. See
Reed, 1.
(b) A plant of the genus
Sparganium; bur reed. See under
Bur.
Reed organ (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set
of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina,
etc.
Reed pipe (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.
Reed sparrow. (Zo["o]l.) See
Reed bunting, above.
Reed stop (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with
reeds.
Reed warbler. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small European warbler (
Acrocephalus streperus);
-- called also
reed wren.
(b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian
warblers of the genera
Acrocephalus,
Calamoherpe,
and
Arundinax. They are excellent singers.
Sea-sand reed (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (
Ammophila arundinacea
). See
Beach grass, under
Beach.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (
Cinna arundinacea
), common in moist woods.
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