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1. Reed
   Reeds are perennial aquatic grasses.
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2. Reed
   Reed is a town in Desha County Arkansas, USA Reed is a township in Dauphin County Pennsylvania, USA Reed is a township in Seneca County Ohio, USA Reed is a township in Cass County North Dakota, USA Reed is a plantation in Aroostook County Maine, USA Reed is a township in Will County Illinois, USA
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3. Reed
   Tall grasses that grow in shallow water.
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4. 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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5. Reed
   Lengths: 9.5 feet (approx). 6 Hebrew cubits, possibly a measurement tool rather than a unit.
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6. 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 mosquitoes (1851-1902) 4. [n] - mechanical device consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that is fitted into the mouthpiece of woodwind instruments and that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
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7. 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 mosquitoes (1851-1902) 4. [n] - mechanical device consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that is fitted into the mouthpiece of woodwind instruments and that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
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8. 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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9. reed
   the device which keeps the warp yarns separated,helps to determine cloth width and acts as a beater Category: Various industries and crafts • an internal discontinuity originating from a subcutaneous blow hole which has been oxidized and has been elongated during rolling Category: Iron and steel industries • thin elastic tongue of cane, wood or metal fastened at one end to …
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10. Reed
    Reed (rēd) adjective Red. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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11. Reed
    Reed v. & noun Same as Rede . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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12. Reed
    Reed noun The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. [ Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
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13. 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 slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ( Phragmites communi …
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14. 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 musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some p …
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15. Reed
    Walter Reed noun United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
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16. reed
    noun tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
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17. 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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18. 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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19. Reed
    `Reed` can refer to: * Reed (plant), grass-like plant growing in shallow water or on marshy ground (see also Thatching) * Reed (instrument), a thin strip of cane or similar material which vibrates in wind instruments
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20. Reed
    `Reed` can refer to: * Reed (plant), grass-like plant growing in shallow water or on marshy ground (see also Thatching) * Reed (instrument), a thin strip of cane or similar material which vibrates in wind instruments
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21. 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 set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it ...
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22. 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 functions acoustically as a closed ......
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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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 451.. 1995 was a `top year` for the name Reed. (Based on
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