Definition of reed

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Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube..

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Herdbook :: Herdbook (n.) A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register..
Arundineous :: Arundineous (a.) Abounding with reeds; reedy.
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design..
Hoggery :: Hoggery (n.) Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
Creed :: Creed (v. t.) Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
Reedbuck :: Reedbuck (n.) See Rietboc.
Fatality :: Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
Overgreedy :: Overgreedy (a.) Excessively greedy.
Freedman :: Freedman (n.) A man who has been a slave, and has been set free..
Esurient :: Esurient (n.) One who is hungry or greedy.
Club-rush :: Club-rush (n.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush..
Swarm :: Swarm (v. i.) To breed multitudes.
Screed :: Screed (n.) An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
Unconcern :: Unconcern (n.) Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference.
Dysgenesis :: Dysgenesis (n.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race..
Simplicity :: Simplicity (n.) Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life..
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Freed or loosed from a yoke.
Breed :: Breed (v. i.) To raise a breed; to get progeny.
Greedy-gut :: Greedy-gut (n.) A glutton.
Amen :: Amen (interj., adv., & n.) An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily..
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