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  • 61Castanet — Cas ta*net, n. See {Castanets}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 62Chestnut — Chest nut, n. [For chesten nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe[ a]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. ?, fr.… …

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  • 63Chestnut tree — Chestnut Chest nut, n. [For chesten nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe[ a]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr …

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  • 64Morris — Mor ris, n. [Sp. morisco Moorish, fr. Moro a Moor: cf. F. moresque, It. moresca.] 1. A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets. [1913 Webster] 2. A dance formerly common in England, often… …

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  • 65fandango — noun (plural gos) Etymology: Spanish Date: 1770 1. a lively Spanish or Spanish American dance in triple time that is usually performed by a man and a woman to the accompaniment of guitar and castanets; also music for this dance 2. tomfoolery …

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  • 66Cymbal — A suspended cymbal …

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  • 67Drum — For other uses, see Drum (disambiguation). The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones.[1] Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that …

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  • 68Satires of Juvenal — [ Frontispiece depicting Juvenal and Persius, from a volume translated by John Dryden in 1711.] The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE.Juvenal is credited… …

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  • 69Musical instrument — A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The… …

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  • 70Piano — Pianoforte redirects here. For earlier versions of the instrument, see Fortepiano. For other uses of Piano, see Piano (disambiguation). Piano Bösendorfer grand piano Keyboard instrument …

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