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Hautboy
The hautboy is a woodwind instrument consisting of a conical tube, with side holes, as in the clarinet and the flute. It is played vertically with a double reed, and it first 'overblows' at the octave. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VH.HTM
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Hautboy
Haut'boy (hō'boi) noun [ French hautbois , lit., high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high tone. See Haughty , Bush ; and confer Oboe .] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrume... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/19
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hautboy
1. A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. ... 2. <botany> A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior). ... Origin: F. Hautbois, lit, high wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hautboy
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Hautboy
• (n.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior). • (n.) 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. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hautboy/
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hautboy
(from the article `Music in Shakespeare`s Plays`) ...instrumentalists. A more typical Globe Theatre production would have made do with a trumpeter, another wind player who doubtless doubled on shawm ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/24
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hautboy
hautboy: see oboe. Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0914228.html
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hautboy
1) Double reed 2) Double-reed instrument 3) Hautbois 4) Oboe Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hautboy/1
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