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   kettledrum
         n 1: a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument
               with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension
               on it [syn: {kettle}, {kettledrum}, {tympanum}, {tympani},
               {timpani}]

English Dictionary: kitul tree by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kitty Litter
n
  1. granulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the waste products of a cat or dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kitul tree
n
  1. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
    Synonym(s): wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kettledrum \Ket"tle*drum`\ (-dr[ucr]m`), n.
      1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a
            hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the
            mouth of it.
  
      Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial
               music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to
               orchestras, where they are called {tympani}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kettledrummer \Ket"tle*drum`mer\, n.
      One who plays on a kettledrum.
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