A bow used in playing the violin.
synonym: violin bow.
Roget 417:
musical instruments;
band;
string-band,
brass-band;
orchestra;
orchestrina†.
[Stringed instruments],
monochord†,
polychord†;
harp,
lyre,
lute,
archlute†;
mandola†,
mandolin,
mandoline†;
guitar;
zither;
cither†,
cithern†;
gittern†,
rebeck†,
bandurria†,
bandura,
banjo;
bina†,
vina†;
xanorphica†.
viol,
violin,
fiddle,
kit;
viola,
viola d'amore [Fr.],
viola di gamba [It];
tenor,
cremona,
violoncello,
bass;
bass viol,
base viol;
theorbo†,
double base,
contrabasso†,
violone†,
psaltery [Slang];
bow,
fiddlestick†.
piano,
pianoforte;
harpsichord,
clavichord,
clarichord†,
manichord†;
clavier,
spinet,
virginals,
dulcimer,
hurdy-gurdy,
vielle†,
pianino†,
Eolian harp.
[Wind instruments];
organ,
harmonium,
harmoniphon†;
American organ†,
barrel organ,
hand organ;
accordion,
seraphina†,
concertina;
humming top.
flute,
fife,
piccolo,
flageolet;
clarinet,
claronet†;
basset horn,
corno di bassetto [It],
oboe,
hautboy,
cor Anglais [Fr.],
corno Inglese†,
bassoon,
double bassoon,
contrafagotto†,
serpent,
bass clarinet;
bagpipes,
union pipes;
musette,
ocarina,
Pandean pipes;
reed instrument;
sirene†,
pipe,
pitch-pipe;
sourdet†;
whistle,
catcall;
doodlesack†,
harmoniphone†.
horn,
bugle,
cornet,
cornet-a-pistons,
cornopean†,
clarion,
trumpet,
trombone,
ophicleide†;
French horn,
saxophone,
sax [Slang],
buglehorn†,
saxhorn,
flugelhorn†,
althorn†,
helicanhorn†,
posthorn†;
sackbut,
euphonium,
bombardon tuba†.
[Vibrating surfaces]
cymbal,
bell,
gong;
tambour†,
tambourine,
tamborine†;
drum,
tom-tom;
tabor,
tabret†,
tabourine†,
taborin†;
side drum,
kettle drum;
timpani,
tympani†;
tymbal†,
timbrel†,
castanet,
bones;
musical glasses,
musical stones;
harmonica,
sounding-board,
rattle;
tam-tam,
zambomba†.
[Vibrating bars]
reed,
tuning fork,
triangle,
Jew's harp,
musical box,
harmonicon†,
xylophone.
sordine†,
sordet†;
sourdine†,
sourdet†;
mute.
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PERCEPTION OF SOUND
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Roget 643:
unimportance,
insignificance,
nothingness,
immateriality.
triviality,
levity,
frivolity;
paltriness
etc.
adj.;
poverty;
smallness
etc.
32;
vanity
etc.
(uselessness)
645;
matter of indifference
etc.
866;
no object.
nothing,
nothing to signify,
nothing worth speaking of,
nothing particular,
nothing to boast of,
nothing to speak of;
small matter,
no great matter,
trifling matter
etc.
adj.;
mere joke,
mere nothing;
hardly anything;
scarcely anything;
nonentity,
small beer,
cipher;
no great shakes,
peu de chose [Fr.];
child's play,
kinderspiel.
toy,
plaything,
popgun,
paper pellet,
gimcrack,
gewgaw,
bauble,
trinket,
bagatelle,
Rickshaw,
knickknack,
whim-wham,
trifle,
trifles light as air;"
yankee notions [U.S.].
trumpery,
trash,
rubbish,
stuff,
fatras†,
frippery;
leather or prunello;"
chaff,
drug,
froth bubble smoke,
cobweb;
weed;
refuse
etc.
(inutility)
645;
scum
etc.
(dirt)
653.
joke,
jest,
snap of the fingers;
fudge
etc.
(unmeaning)
517;
fiddlestick†,
fiddlestick end†;
pack of nonsense,
mere farce.
straw,
pin,
fig,
button,
rush;
bulrush,
feather,
halfpenny,
farthing,
brass farthing,
doit†,
peppercorn,
jot,
rap,
pinch of snuff,
old son;
cent,
mill,
picayune,
pistareen†,
red cent [U.S.].
minutiae,
details,
minor details,
small fry;
dust in the balance,
feather in the scale,
drop in the ocean,
flea-bite,
molehill.
nine days' wonder,
ridiculus mus [Lat.];
flash in the pan
etc.
(impotence)
158;
much ado about nothing
etc.
(overestimation)
482.
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