English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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(n.)
An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and
Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in
length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with
two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
Xylophone
(n.)
An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of
different kinds of wood.