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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tambour | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Vase \Vase\ (v[amac]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. & It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. {Vascular}, {Vessel}.] 1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of {Portland vase}, under {Portland}. No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor silver vases took the forming mold. --Pope. 2. (Arch.) (a) A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of {Niche}. (b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also {tambour}, and {drum}. Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme with base,, case, etc., and it is still commonly so pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: [bd]Vase has four pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most commonly say, is going out of use, v[84]z I hear most frequently, v[be]z very rarely, and v[be]s I only know from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however, it should be the regular sound.[b8] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tambour \Tam"bour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamboured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tambouring}.] To embroider on a tambour. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tambour \Tam"bour\, n. 1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. 2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, {tambour work}. 3. (Arch.) Same as {Drum}, n., 2 (d) . 4. (Fort.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade. 5. (Physiol.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery. | |
