SESQUIALTER

Adjective

sesquialter (not comparable)

Alternative form of sesquialteral

Source: Wiktionary


Ses`qui*al"ter, a.

Definition: Sesquialteral.

Ses`qui*al"ter, Ses`qui*al"ter*a, n. Etym: [NL. sesquialtera.] (Mus.)

Definition: A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reënforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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