the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
n. A spinny.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small wood or place where briers and thorns grow; a spinney.
n. A musical instrument essentially similar to the harpsichord, but of smaller size and much lighter tone. Also called virginal and couched harp.
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n. a small and compactly built upright piano
n. early model harpsichord with only one string per note
Word Usage
"By some means, and with friendly assistance (perhaps his mother's), he succeeded in smuggling into the garret a spinet, which is a kind of piano."