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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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