Definition of reed

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Reed (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 is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..

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Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..
Faith :: Faith (n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church..
Symbolist :: Symbolism (n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Lucrative :: Lucrative (a.) Greedy of gain.
Canister :: Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc..
Aplanatism :: Aplanatism (n.) Freedom from spherical aberration.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves..
Reedbuck :: Reedbuck (n.) See Rietboc.
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Freed or loosed from a yoke.
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..
Piggish :: Piggish (a.) Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy..
Verminate :: Verminate (v. i.) To breed vermin.
Saxophone :: Saxophone (n.) A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet..
Trout :: Trout (n.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Water Cock :: Water cock () A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora..
Insitency :: Insitency (n.) Freedom from thirst.
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