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spinet

N พิ ณ  pin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPINET

n.An instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller; a virginal; a clavichord.

 

SPINET

n.[L. spinetum.] A small wood or place where briars and thorns grow. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPINET

Spin "et, n. Etym: [OF. espinete, F. épinette (cf. It. spinetta ), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its quills resemble thorns. See Spine. ] (Mus. )

 

Defn: 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. Dumb spinet. (Mus. ) See Manichordon.

 

SPINET

Spi "net, n. Etym: [L. spinetum. See Spinny. ]

 

Defn: A spinny. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

SPINETAIL

SPINETAIL Spine "tail `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. (b ) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidæ. They are allied to the ovenbirds. (c ) The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

 

SPINETED

SPINETED Spin "et *ed, a.

 

Defn: Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spinet

spin et |ˈspinit ˈspɪnɪt | ▶noun 1 historical a small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century. 2 a type of small upright piano. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet, ’ diminutive of spina ‘thorn ’ (see spine ), the strings being plucked by quills.

 

spinetail

spine |tail |ˈspʌɪnteɪl | ▶noun any of a number of birds with pointed feather tips projecting beyond the tail: ● (also spine-tailed swift ) a mainly African and Asian swift (several genera in the family Apodidae ). ● a small tropical American ovenbird (Synallaxis and other genera, family Furnariidae )..

 

Oxford Dictionary

spinet

spinet |spɪˈnɛt, ˈspɪnɪt | ▶noun 1 historical a small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century. 2 US a type of small upright piano. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet ’, diminutive of spina ‘thorn ’ (see spine ), the strings being plucked by quills.

 

spinetail

spine |tail |ˈspʌɪnteɪl | ▶noun any of a number of birds with pointed feather tips projecting beyond the tail: ● (also spine-tailed swift ) a mainly African and Asian swift (several genera in the family Apodidae ). ● a small tropical American ovenbird (Synallaxis and other genera, family Furnariidae )..

 

Duden Dictionary

Spinett

Spi nett Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Spin e tt |italienisch spinetta, vielleicht nach dem Erfinder, dem Venezianer G. Spinetto (um 1500 )Tasteninstrument (des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts ), bei dem die Saiten spitzwinklig zur Klaviatur angeordnet sind und zu jeder Taste in der Regel nur eine Saite gehört

 

Spinettino

Spi net ti no Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Spinett i no |das Spinettino; Genitiv: des Spinettinos, Plural: die Spinettinos kleines Spinett

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spinet

spin et /spɪ́nət |spɪnét /名詞 C 〘楽 〙スピネット 〘16 --17世紀の小型チェンバロ 〙.