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Calendulin :: Calendulin (n.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin..

Continuo :: Continuo (n.) Basso continuo, or continued bass..

Basso-relievo :: Basso-relievo (n.) Same as Bas-relief.

Bass Horn :: Bass horn () A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone..

Bassoon :: Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc..

Bassock :: Bassock (n.) A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2..

Cerasin :: Cerasin (n.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc..

Bassoonist :: Bassoonist (n.) A performer on the bassoon.

Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.

Bas-relief :: Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo..

Contrabasso :: Contrabasso (n.) The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

Violone :: Violone (n.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass..

Fagotto :: Fagotto (n.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot..

Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..

Kabassou :: Kabassou (n.) See Cabassou.

Basso :: Basso (a.) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso..

Cabassou :: Cabassou (n.) A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay.

Xenurine :: Xenurine (n.) A cabassou.

Reed :: 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..

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..

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