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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: spinet (0.01741 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to spinet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spinet
spinet
n 1: small and compactly built upright piano
2: early model harpsichord with only one string per note
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spinet
Spinet
\Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. ['e]pinette (cf. It.
spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its
quills resemble thorns. See
Spine.] (Mus.)
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but
smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note,
sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It
was formerly much used.
[1913 Webster]
Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See
Manichordon.
[1913 Webster]
Spinet
\Spi"net\, n. [L. spinetum. See
Spinny.]
A spinny. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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