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Definition of Shtoom
1. quiet [adj] - See also: quiet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shtoom
Literary usage of Shtoom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"Stepwise; progressing by steps or degrees, stumm (shtoom) Ger. adj. Dumb; mute:
applied to mechanical devices or instruments for practice that give forth no ..."
2. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"... E. Vide <TUDE and PIANO STUDIES. Stufe (stoo'-fe'), pi. en, G. Step, degree,
stufenweise (vi-ze1). By degrees. stumm (shtoom), G. Dumb. S.-reg- is'ter. ..."
3. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"Speaking stops (R.-stimmen, or tönende R.) are distinguished from mechanical
stops, stumme (shtoom'-më) R. 3. A frame through which trackers run. 4. ..."
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