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Definition of lyre
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of lyre is as below...
Lyre (n.) A
stringed
instrument
of
music;
a kind of harp much used by the
ancients,
as an
accompaniment
to
poetry..
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Harp
::
Harp (n.) A
constellation;
Lyra, or the
Lyre..
Lyre
::
Lyre (n.) A
stringed
instrument
of
music;
a kind of harp much used by the
ancients,
as an
accompaniment
to
poetry..
Trichord
::
Trichord
(n.) An
instrument,
as a lyre or harp,
having
three
strings..
Lyriferous
::
Lyriferous
(a.)
Having
a
lyre-shaped
shoulder
girdle,
as
certain
fishes..
Lyrist
::
Lyrist
(n.) A
musician
who plays on the harp or lyre; a
composer
of
lyrical
poetry.
Lyre
::
Lyre (n.) One of the
constellations;
Lyra. See Lyra.
Orpheus
::
Orpheus
(n.) The
famous
mythic
Thracian
poet, son of the Muse
Calliope,
and
husband
of
Eurydice.
He is
reputed
to have had power to
entrance
beasts
and
inanimate
objects
by the music of his
lyre..
Lyrical
::
Lyrical
(a.)
Fitted
to be sung to the lyre;
hence,
also,
appropriate
for song; -- said
especially
of
poetry
which
expresses
the
individual
emotions
of the
poet..
Shell
::
Shell (n.) An
instrument
of
music,
as a lyre, -- the first lyre
having
been made, it is said, by
drawing
strings
over a
tortoise
shell..
Animate
::
Animate
(v. t.) To give
powers
to, or to
heighten
the
powers
or
effect
of; as, to
animate
a
lyre..
Lyrical
::
Lyrical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a lyre or harp.
Lyrated
::
Lyrated
(a.)
Shaped
like a lyre, as the tail of the
blackcock,
or that of the lyre
bird..
Heptachord
::
Heptachord
(n.) A lyre with seven
chords.
Phaeacian
::
Phaeacian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
Phaeacians,
a
fabulous
seafaring
people
fond of the
feast,
the lyre, and the
dance,
mentioned
by
Homer..
Sparlyre
::
Sparlyre
(n.) The calf of the leg.
Testudo
::
Testudo
(n.) A kind of
musical
instrument.
a
species
of lyre; -- so
called
in
allusion
to the lyre of
Mercury,
fabled
to have been made of the shell of a
tortoise..
Phorminx
::
Phorminx
(n.) A kind of lyre used by the
Greeks.
Barbiton
::
Barbiton
(n.) An
ancient
Greek
instrument
resembling
a lyre.
Phillyrea
::
Phillyrea
(n.) A genus of
evergreen
plants
growing
along the
shores
of the
Mediterranean,
and
breading
a fruit
resembling
that of the
olive..
Lyre Bird
::
Lyre bird () 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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