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well-tuned, ppl. a.
Melodious, in good tune.
1535Coverdale Ps. cl. 5 Prayse him vpon the welltuned cymbals. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. ii. iii. 18 The Hounds, Replying shrilly to the well tun'd Hornes. 1591–5Spenser Colin Clout 418 That well tuned song Which late he sung vnto a scornfull lasse. 1600Shakes. Sonn. viii. 5 The true concord of well tuned sounds. 1653H. More Antid. Atheism ii. viii. (1712) 62 A Pack of well-tuned Hounds. 1660J. Brookbank (title) The Well-tuned Organ. 1844Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile 1212 What I see well-formed or hear well-tuned.
transf.1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. i. ii. 41 Whose well-tun'd eares, chast-obiect-louing eyne Ne'er heard nor saw the workes of Aretine. |