Glossary of Terms and PhrasesHenry Percy Smith D. Appleton, 1883 - 521 pages |
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... Music . ( Schol . ) Scholastic . ( Myth . ) = Mythology . ( Scien . ) Science . [ N. - Amer . Ind . ] = North - American Indian . [ Scot . ] Scotch . ( Nat . Hist . ) = Natural History . ( Scot . Law . ) Scotch Law . ( Naut ...
... Music . ( Schol . ) Scholastic . ( Myth . ) = Mythology . ( Scien . ) Science . [ N. - Amer . Ind . ] = North - American Indian . [ Scot . ] Scotch . ( Nat . Hist . ) = Natural History . ( Scot . Law . ) Scotch Law . ( Naut ...
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... Musical : Adg or ado , adagio , slowly ; Ad lib . , ad libitum ; Ago , agitato , in an agitated , restless style ; All ... Music ) ; M.V. , mezza vóce , with half the power of the voice ; Obb . , obbligato , i.e. important , and that ...
... Musical : Adg or ado , adagio , slowly ; Ad lib . , ad libitum ; Ago , agitato , in an agitated , restless style ; All ... Music ) ; M.V. , mezza vóce , with half the power of the voice ; Obb . , obbligato , i.e. important , and that ...
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... ( Music . ) Auxiliary screw . ( Naut . ) A vessel rigged for sailing , and also fitted with a screw - propeller . Ava . [ The native name . ] A fermented drink made from the root of the long pepper by the South Sea Islanders . Avalanche ...
... ( Music . ) Auxiliary screw . ( Naut . ) A vessel rigged for sailing , and also fitted with a screw - propeller . Ava . [ The native name . ] A fermented drink made from the root of the long pepper by the South Sea Islanders . Avalanche ...
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... music . Ball - flower . ( Arch . ) An ornament shaped like a globular flower , frequently used in build . ings of the Geometrical and Continuous styles of English architecture . Balling process . The process by which salt- cake is ...
... music . Ball - flower . ( Arch . ) An ornament shaped like a globular flower , frequently used in build . ings of the Geometrical and Continuous styles of English architecture . Balling process . The process by which salt- cake is ...
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... ( Music . ) 1. A conductor's wand . 2. In written music , a pause of two or more bars . [ From the same root as bâtir , Gr . Baoтájew , to hold in one's hands , etc. ] 2. ( Her . ) An abate- ment in coats of arms to denote bastardy , a ...
... ( Music . ) 1. A conductor's wand . 2. In written music , a pause of two or more bars . [ From the same root as bâtir , Gr . Baoтájew , to hold in one's hands , etc. ] 2. ( Her . ) An abate- ment in coats of arms to denote bastardy , a ...
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Acanthopterygii Accipitres acid America Anat ancient applied Arch Astron axis birds bishop body called Canonical hours Celt centre century Chem circle coin colour common corr court curve denote earth Eccl Eleusinian Mysteries England English Entom escutcheon feet fish formerly French Geol Greek head heat Hence Hind Hist Horace horse Ichth inches India Indian instrument iron kind king land Latin Church light Littré Lord lower magnetic Manichæans mast Math means measure ment metal molluscs motion Music Myth name given Naut O.Fr officer Onomatop Oolite origin Ornith person piece plane plants Rhet right angles Roman rope round sail Scotland ship side sometimes spec stone substance supposed surface term tion tree vessel vide wheel wind wood word Zool