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Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A kind of triangular lyre or harp.

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..

Harp :: Harp (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre..

Lyre :: Lyre (n.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

Animate :: Animate (v. t.) To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre..

Lyre :: Lyre (n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry..

Lyriferous :: Lyriferous (a.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes..

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..

Phillyrea :: Phillyrea (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive..

Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A lyre with seven chords.

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..

Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

Barbiton :: Barbiton (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

Trichord :: Trichord (n.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings..

Sparlyre :: Sparlyre (n.) The calf of the leg.

Lyrated :: Lyrated (a.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf..

Lyrated :: Lyrated (a.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird..

Lyrist :: Lyrist (n.) A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.

Phorminx :: Phorminx (n.) A kind of lyre used by the Greeks.

Lyrism :: Lyrism (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

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