Catgut: alternatives and connections

Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, be…

A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a…

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is play…

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…

The string of a musical instrument.

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestine…

An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or…

A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…

Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees.

A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with…

A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by mean…

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechani…

Flax; linen.

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.