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  1. Reed
    In music a reed is a small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. The term reed also describes one of the thin pieces of me...
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  2. Reed
    Tall grasses that grow in shallow water.
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  3. reed
    A toothed, comb-like part of a LOOM. Its function is to hold the strands of longitudinal yarn (WARP) in alignment between its teeth and also to push each transverse thread (PICK) tight against the rest as the cloth is woven.
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  4. Reed
    Lengths: 9.5 feet (approx). 6 Hebrew cubits, possibly a measurement tool rather than a unit.
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  5. reed
    [n] - tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites 2. [n] - United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917 3. [n] - American physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosqui...
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  6. Reed
    A plant of the grass family that has adapted to living in water. The most well known is the Norfolk reed. Uses Thatching roof covering with a long life (60+ yrs) Woven mats, screens
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  7. Reed
    Reed (rēd) adjective Red. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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  8. Reed
    Reed v. & noun Same as Rede . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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  9. Reed
    Reed noun The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. [ Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
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  10. Reed
    Reed noun [ Anglo-Saxon hreód ; akin to Dutch riet , German riet , ried , Old High German kriot , riot .] 1. (Botany) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their...
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  11. reed
    The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. ... 1. <botany> A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis). ... 2. A m...
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  12. Reed
    Walter Reed noun United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
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  1. reed
    noun tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
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  2. reed
    noun a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; `the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece`
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  3. Reed
    noun United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
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  4. Reed
    • (n.) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ. • (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and s...
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  5. reed
    (from the article `wind instrument`) Sound is generated by different methods in the aerophones designated as flutes and reeds in the Sachs-Hornbostel system. In flutes, the airstream is ... ...in the wave. Examples of this are the flute, the recorder, and the violin. On the other hand, the clarinet ...
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  6. reed
    (from the article `textile`) Beating in is generally effected by means of a grating of uniformly spaced fine parallel wires, originally made of natural reeds and thus called a ...
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  7. reed
    in botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses, especially the four species constituting the genus Phragmites of the grass family ... [1 related articles]
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  8. Reed
    Reed is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `red-haired` Where is it used? The name Reed is mainly used In English and In Scottish.How do they say it elsewhere? Reid ( In English and In Scottish) Read ( In English and In Scottish) Reed appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 45...
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  9. Reed
    [company] Reed is one of the largest employment agencies in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1960 by Sir Alec Reed CBE, FCMA, FCIM, FCIPD and is currently chaired by his son, James Reed MA, MBA, FCIPD. Reed also offers training and HR consultancy services. The company’s websi...
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  10. Reed
    [plant] Reed is a generic polyphyletic botanical term used to describe numerous tall, grass-like plants of wet places, which are the namesake vegetation of reed beds. They are all members of the order Poales (in the modern, expanded cicrumscription), and include: ==Use in thatching== Phragmi...
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  11. Reed
    [instrument] A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument. The reeds of most woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax ("Giant cane") or synthetic material; tuned reeds (as in harmonicas and accordions) are made of metal or synthetics. ==...
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  12. Reed
    A comb with both sides closed which fits into the beater. It spaces the warp threads evenly and beats the weft into place. For more information on reeds.
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  13. reed
    reed, name used for several plants of the family Graminae (grass family). The common American reed, also called reedgrass and canegrass, is a tall perennial grass (Phragmites australis), widely distributed in fresh or brackish wet places. It has stout, creeping rootstalks and a large plumelike panic...
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