English Dictionary: Sesquialtera | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sesquialter \Ses`qui*al"ter\, Sesquialtera \Ses`qui*al"ter*a\, n. [NL. sesquialtera.] (Mus.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which re[89]nforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant. |