1) Archaic oboe 2) Double reed 3) Double-reed instrument 4) French word used in English 5) Hautbois 6) Oboe
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1) Hautbois 2) Heckelphone 3) Oboe 4) Reed 5) Shawm
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• (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.
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(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 ...
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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 tone. See Haughty, Bush; and cf. Oboe. ... Source:...
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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 instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape t...
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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.
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