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decachord, a. and n.|ˈdɛkəkɔːd|
Also 6 -corde.
[ad. L. decachord-us, -um, a. Gr. δεκάχορδ-ος, -ον, ten-stringed, f. δέκα + -χορδή string.]
A. adj. Ten-stringed (cf. Ps. xxxii. 2 ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ δεκαχόρδῳ).
B. n. A musical instrument with ten strings.
c1525Skelton Replyc. 340 Dauid, our poete, harped..melodiously..in his decacorde psautry. 1555Abp. Parker Ps. (1556) A ij, In Lute and Harpe rejoyce to sing, Syng Psalmes in decachorde. 1609Douland Ornith. Microl. 23 It is called a Monochord, because it hath but one string, as..a Decachord which hath tenne. 1659Hammond On Ps. Wks. 1684 IV. i. 91 Dechacord or instrument of ten strings. Ibid., On a dechachord Psaltery. 1858Neale Bernard de M. 33 Whose everlasting music Is the glorious decachord. |