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oboe |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. {Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hautboy \Haut"boy\, n. [F. hautbois, lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See {Haughty}, {Bush}; and cf {Oboe}.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called {oboe}. See Illust. of {Oboe}. 2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oboe n : a slender woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: {hautboy}, {hautbois}]
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