spinet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spinet	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for spinet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spinet n a small and compactly built upright piano early model harpsichord with only one string per note
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spinet \Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. [82]pinette (cf. It. spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its quills resemble thorns. See {Spine}.] (Mus.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. {Dumb spinet}. (Mus.) See {Manichordon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spinet \Spi"net\, n. [L. spinetum. See {Spinny}.] A spinny. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.