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SHAWM
shawm
(noun) a medieval oboe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shawm (plural shawms)
A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
Synonyms
• zurna
Anagrams
• hawms, whams
Source: Wiktionary
Shawm, n. Etym: [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.)
Definition: A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm, shaum.] Otway. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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