Lexicographical Neighbors of Dital
Literary usage of Dital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"The most complete instrument of this construction he named the 'dital harp.'
In this each string has a 'dital' to raise it a semitone at pleasure. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The dital or key, on being depressed, acts upon a stop-ring or eye, ...
Other attempts possessing less practical merit than the dital harp were the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
".dital harp, see dital. ..Double-action pedal-harp, see Harp. ... See dital harp.
Harpo-lyre (Fr.) A kind of improved guitar, with 21 strings and 3 necks ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"The most complete instrument of this construction he named the ' dital harp.'
In this each string has a 'dital' to raise it a semitone at pleasure. ..."
5. The History of Guernsey: With Occasional Notices of Jersey, Alderney, and by Jonathan Duncan (1841)
"Still, the creditor does not become proprietor of the estate, by being constituted
saisi here'dital, —he becomes only trustee to it in his own and the other ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The dital or key, on being depressed, acts upon a stop-ring or eye, ...
Other attempts possessing less practical merit than the dital harp were the ..."
7. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"[CHHP] dital HARP, or chromatic harp-lute, one of the numerous attempts made
about the beginning of this century to improve or replace he guitar. ..."
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