n. A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
n. A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavour.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of oboe.
n. A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A wind-instrument of wood, sounded through a double reed: in recent use more commonly in the Italian form oboe.
n. In botany, a kind of strawberry, Fragaria elatior, growing in Europe at moderate altitudes.
n. In organ-building, same as oboe, 2.
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n. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
Word Usage
"In English it becomes hautboy, a wooden musical instrument of two-foot tone, I believe, played with a double reed, an oboe, in fact."