Cornet: 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…

An obsolete form of admiral.

To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.

Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

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…

Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now gi…

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…

A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.

Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.

A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.

A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrum…

A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.

A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.

An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.

A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe.

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and ser…