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lyre
(encz) | lyre,lyra luke |
Lyre
(gcide) | Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. ?. Cf.
Lyra.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much
used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
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Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the
tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the
species of verse called lyric, to which it originally
furnished an accompaniment.
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2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
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Lyre bat (Zool.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra),
inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the
enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and
ears.
Lyre turtle (Zool.), the leatherback.
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lyre
(wn) | lyre
n 1: a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment |
lyre
(devil) | LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a
figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty, as in the following
fiery lines of our great poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
I sit astride Parnassus with my lyre,
And pick with care the disobedient wire.
That stupid shepherd lolling on his crook
With deaf attention scarcely deigns to look.
I bide my time, and it shall come at length,
When, with a Titan's energy and strength,
I'll grab a fistful of the strings, and O,
The word shall suffer when I let them go!
Farquharson Harris
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lyre snake
(encz) | lyre snake, n: |
lyre-flower
(encz) | lyre-flower, n: |
lyrebird
(encz) | lyrebird,lyrochvost nádherný Zdeněk Brož |
lyreflower
(encz) | lyreflower, n: |
AEolian lyre
(gcide) | AEolian \[AE]*o"li*an\, a. [L. Aeolius, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to [AE]olia or [AE]olis, in Asia Minor,
colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; [ae]olic;
as, the [AE]olian dialect.
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2. Pertaining to [AE]olus, the mythic god of the winds;
a["e]rial.
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Viewless forms the [ae]olian organ play. --Campbell.
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3. Relating to or caused by wind; as, aeolian erosion.
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[AE]olian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a
pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the
volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the
strings. --Moore.
[AE]olian harp, [AE]olian lyre, a musical instrument
consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings,
on which the wind acts to produce the notes; -- usually
placed at an open window. --Moore.
[AE]olian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early
ecclesiastical modes.
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Lyre
(gcide) | Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. ?. Cf.
Lyra.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much
used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
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Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the
tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the
species of verse called lyric, to which it originally
furnished an accompaniment.
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2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
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Lyre bat (Zool.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra),
inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the
enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and
ears.
Lyre turtle (Zool.), the leatherback.
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Lyre bat
(gcide) | Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. ?. Cf.
Lyra.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much
used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
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Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the
tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the
species of verse called lyric, to which it originally
furnished an accompaniment.
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2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
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Lyre bat (Zool.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra),
inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the
enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and
ears.
Lyre turtle (Zool.), the leatherback.
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Lyre bird
(gcide) | Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\n. (Zool.)
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba),
inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and
lyre-tail.
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lyre pheasant
(gcide) | Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\n. (Zool.)
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba),
inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and
lyre-tail.
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Lyre turtle
(gcide) | Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. ?. Cf.
Lyra.]
1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much
used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
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Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the
tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the
species of verse called lyric, to which it originally
furnished an accompaniment.
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2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
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Lyre bat (Zool.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra),
inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the
enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and
ears.
Lyre turtle (Zool.), the leatherback.
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lyreflower
(gcide) | lyreflower \lyreflower\ (Bot.) n.
A garden plant (Dicentra spectabilis) having deep-pink
drooping heart-shaped flowers.
Syn: bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis.
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lyre-tail
(gcide) | Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\n. (Zool.)
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba),
inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and
lyre-tail.
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Phillyrea
(gcide) | Phillyrea \Phil*lyr"e*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the
Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the
olive.
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Sparlyre
(gcide) | Sparlyre \Spar"lyre`\, n. [AS. spear-lira.]
The calf of the leg. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Deut. xxviii. 35).
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aeolian lyre
(wn) | aeolian lyre
n 1: a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind
passes over them [syn: aeolian harp, aeolian lyre,
wind harp] |
genus phillyrea
(wn) | genus Phillyrea
n 1: small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
[syn: Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea] |
lyre snake
(wn) | lyre snake
n 1: mildly venomous snake with a lyre-shaped mark on the head;
found in rocky areas from southwestern United States to
Central America |
lyre-flower
(wn) | lyre-flower
n 1: garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
[syn: bleeding heart, lyreflower, lyre-flower,
Dicentra spectabilis] |
lyre-shaped
(wn) | lyre-shaped
adj 1: shaped like a lyre |
lyrebird
(wn) | lyrebird
n 1: Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting
male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape |
lyreflower
(wn) | lyreflower
n 1: garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
[syn: bleeding heart, lyreflower, lyre-flower,
Dicentra spectabilis] |
phillyrea
(wn) | Phillyrea
n 1: small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
[syn: Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea] |
sonoran lyre snake
(wn) | Sonoran lyre snake
n 1: of desert regions of southwestern North America [syn:
Sonoran lyre snake, Trimorphodon lambda] |
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