4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tambour  \Tam"bour\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tamboured};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Tambouring}.] 
  To  embroider  on  a  tambour. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tambour  \Tam"bour\,  n. 
  1.  (Mus.)  A  kind  of  small  flat  drum;  a  tambourine. 
 
  2.  A  small  frame,  commonly  circular,  and  somewhat  resembling 
  a  tambourine,  used  for  stretching,  and  firmly  holding,  a 
  portion  of  cloth  that  is  to  be  embroidered;  also  the 
  embroidery  done  upon  such  a  frame;  --  called  also  in  the 
  latter  sense  {tambour  work}. 
 
  3.  (Arch.)  Same  as  {Drum},  n.,  2 
  d  . 
 
  4.  (Fort.)  A  work  usually  in  the  form  of  a  redan,  to  inclose 
  a  space  before  a  door  or  staircase,  or  at  the  gorge  of  a 
  larger  work  It  is  arranged  like  a  stockade. 
 
  5.  (Physiol.)  A  shallow  metallic  cup  or  drum,  with  a  thin 
  elastic  membrane  supporting  a  writing  lever.  Two  or  more 
  of  these  are  connected  by  an  India  rubber  tube,  and  used 
  to  transmit  and  register  the  movements  of  the  pulse  or  of 
  any  pulsating  artery. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vase  \Vase\  (v[=a]s  or  v[aum]z;  277),  n.  [F.  vase;  cf  Sp  &  It 
  vaso;  fr  L.  vas,  vasum.  Cf  {Vascular},  {Vessel}.] 
  1.  A  vessel  adapted  for  various  domestic  purposes,  and 
  anciently  for  sacrificial  uses;  especially,  a  vessel  of 
  antique  or  elegant  pattern  used  for  ornament;  as  a 
  porcelain  vase;  a  gold  vase;  a  Grecian  vase.  See  Illust. 
  of  {Portland  vase},  under  {Portland}. 
 
  No  chargers  then  were  wrought  in  burnished  gold,  Nor 
  silver  vases  took  the  forming  mold.  --Pope. 
 
  2.  (Arch.) 
  a  A  vessel  similar  to  that  described  in  the  first 
  definition  above,  or  the  representation  of  one  in  a 
  solid  block  of  stone,  or  the  like  used  for  an 
  ornament,  as  on  a  terrace  or  in  a  garden.  See  Illust. 
  of  {Niche}. 
  b  The  body,  or  naked  ground,  of  the  Corinthian  and 
  Composite  capital;  --  called  also  {tambour},  and 
  {drum}. 
 
  Note:  Until  the  time  of  Walker  (1791),  vase  was  made  to  rhyme 
  with  base,,  case,  etc.,  and  it  is  still  commonly  so 
  pronounced  in  the  United  States.  Walker  made  it  to 
  rhyme  with  phrase,  maze,  etc  Of  modern  English 
  practice,  Mr  A.  J.  Ellis  (1874)  says:  ``Vase  has  four 
  pronunciations  in  English:  v[add]z,  which  I  most 
  commonly  say  is  going  out  of  use  v["a]z  I  hear  most 
  frequently,  v[=a]z  very  rarely,  and  v[=a]s  I  only  know 
  from  Cull's  marking.  On  the  analogy  of  case,  however, 
  it  should  be  the  regular  sound.'' 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tambour 
  n  1:  a  frame  made  of  two  hoops;  used  for  embroidering  [syn:  {embroidery 
  frame},  {embroidery  hoop}] 
  2:  a  drum 

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