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Definition of Spinets
1. spinet [n] - See also: spinet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinets
Literary usage of Spinets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Art and work, as shown in ... artistic industries by Owen William Davis (1885)
"The old Harpsichords and spinets of the last century, were of chaste design, and
often decorated most artistically. There is a charm in the fashion of most ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"After this date there are frequent references to spinets in public records and
other documents, and we nave fortunately the instruments themselves to put in ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"After this date there are frequent references to spinets in public records and
other documents, and we have fortunately the instruments themselves to put in ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"158) gives three sizes for spinets Luned to the octave of the " ton de chapelle "
one above the present English medium pitch), 1 to the fourth below, ..."
5. A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the Collection of the by George Johnston (1865)
"I have apparently seen only four spinets in the fascicles, and those of the
ventral fascicles are longer than the others; but this requires re-examination. ..."
6. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Thomas Hitchcock's spinets are better known than John's. The one in the woodcut
belongs to Messrs. Broadwood, and is numbered 1379.1 (The highest number we ..."
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