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Definition of Plectron

1. Noun. A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.

Definition of Plectron

1. plectrum [n -TRONS or -TRA] - See also: plectrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plectron

Literary usage of Plectron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1874)
"The objects are therefore for the spirit only that which the plectron is for the lyre; consequently the great diversity of thoughts which the same aspect ..."

2. The Descent of man and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin (1909)
"Thus the several species of Poly- plectron manifestly make a graduated ... Notwithstanding this approach, the first species of Poly- plectron which I ..."

3. Poems and Plays by Percy MacKaye (1908)
"... plectron on this lyre. — You kissed me And cried : " Well played, my 'Toria ! " SAPPHO And so I'll kiss thee, dear, a thousand silver nights. ..."

4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"From plectron, a cock's spur; in reference to the Mowers being gibbous in front. Nat. Ord. Valer in n accie. A genus of Californian and Chilian annuals, ..."

5. Messianic Prophecies: Lectures by Franz Delitzsch, Samuel Ives Curtiss (1880)
"We may compare the prophet to the lyre and the Holy Ghost to the plectron; this lyre however is not a dead instrument, but the individually definite soul ..."

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