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21. crochet n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A hook; (b) a staff with a hook at the end. …

22. dē̆scenden v.

105 quotations in 8 senses
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Of downward motion in space: (a) of rain: to fall; descenden doun fro (heaven); of a stream: flow down (from); of light, heat, lightning: stream down, descend; of an object: fall down, descend; from……

23. dē-sol-rē n.

Additional spellings: desolre
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. See hexachord III in W. Apel Harvard Dict.of Music (1950). …

24. dīapā̆sǒun n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of the octave, corresponding to the mathematic proportion of 2 to 1 in number of vibrations; double (twies) diapasoun, the interval of two octaves, corresponding to the……

25. dīapentē̆ n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of a fifth, corresponding to the mathematical proportion of 3 to 2 in number of vibrations; (b) a tone which sounds the interval of a fifth above another tone. …

26. dīastēma n.

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Mus. A consonant interval. …

27. dīatesserǒun n.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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Mus. (a) The consonant interval of a fourth, corresponding to the mathematical proportion of 4 to 3 in number of vibrations; (b) a tone which sounds the interval of a fourth above another tone. …

28. dīēsis n.

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Mus. An interval smaller than a full tone; also, the changing from one tone to another. …

29. d-lā-sol-rē n.

Additional spellings: dlasolre
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. See hexachord III in W. Apel Harvard Dict.of Music (1950). …

30. eightethe ord. num.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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Eighth in order;-- (a) with a noun; (b) without a noun; (c) coupled with a higher cardinal. …

31. fā n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. The fourth note in Guido's hexachords. …

32. fāburdǒun n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. A form of three-part discanting on a plain song. …

33. fallen v.

598 quotations in 57 senses
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(a) Of any object: to move more or less freely downward through space (from a higher to a lower position); to descend, drop, fall; of Lucifer and his followers: to fall (from heaven into hell); fallen……

34. fī̆fte ord. num.

34 quotations in 3 senses
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Fifth in order; -- (a) with or (b) without a noun. …

35. fī̆f-tẹ̄̆nthe ord. num.

Additional spellings: fiftenthe
11 quotations in 3 senses
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Fifteenth in order; -- (a) with a noun; (b) without a noun. …

36. figūre n.

127 quotations in 12 senses
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Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often……

37. gamme n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Mus. The entire range of tones in the hexachordal system of Guido d'Arezzo; ?also, the lowest tone in the scale; (b) a song; a lament. …

38. gamut n.

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Mus. (a) The lowest tone in the hexachordal scale; (b) the entire hexachordal system. …

39. garible n.

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Mus. An ornamental variation; a trill, a flourish. …

40. ǧ(ē-sol-rē-ūt n.

Additional spellings: gesolreut, g-sol-re-ut, gsolreut
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Mus. (a) The note G, above or below middle C (called by musicians sol, re, or ut, depending on the hexachord in which it appeared); (b) ge-sol-re-ut en haut, ge-sol-re-ut the haut, G above middle C……

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