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† ˈflabile, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. flābil-is, f. flāre to blow.]
Of musical instruments: Played upon by blowing; wind-. Also transf.
1727Bailey vol. II, Flabile, easily blown. 1728R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 24 These [instruments] were either flabile or nervous; the former were either trumpets (tuba), tibia, or fistula, and the other divers sorts of harps. Ibid. 78 As for..mercenary musick, it was cheifly flabile. |