Definition of reed

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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..

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Engorge :: Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
Bred :: Bred () imp. & p. p. of Breed.
Conceive :: Conceive (v. i.) To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
Undispensed :: Undispensed (a.) Not freed by dispensation.
Indifference :: Indifference (n.) Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias..
Simplicity :: Simplicity (n.) Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life..
Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address..
Waybung :: Waybung (n.) An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Mobile :: Mobile (a.) Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily..
Aplanatism :: Aplanatism (n.) Freedom from spherical aberration.
Bombardon :: Bombardon (n.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide..
Oboe :: Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy..
Creance :: Creance (n.) Faith; belief; creed.
Blowgun :: Blowgun (n.) A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan..
Persecution :: Persecution (n.) The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship..
Freeness :: Freeness (n.) The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
Chastity :: Chastity (n.) The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
Canister :: Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc..
Erugate :: Erugate (a.) Freed from wrinkles; smooth.
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