musical glassesn.

Brit.

/ˌmjuːzᵻkl ˈɡlɑːsᵻz/,

/ˌmjuːzᵻkl ˈɡlasᵻz/, U.S.

/ˈˌmjuzək(ə)l ˈɡlæsəz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musical adj., glass n.¹

Etymology: < musical adj. + the plural of glass n.¹

A musical instrument consisting of a series of glasses or glass bowls graded by size and often fine-tuned by the addition of water, each of which produces a particular musical tone when rubbed around the rim or struck. Cf. harmonica n. 1a.

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musical glasses1761

glass1762

harmonica1762

finger glass1789

harmonicon1825

glassichord1835

1761 A. Ford (title) Instructions for playing on the musical glasses.

1762 G. Colman Musical Lady i. 16 It is a set of musical glasses, that you bespoke last week.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ix. 84 They would talk of nothing but..pictures, taste, Shakespear, and the musical glasses.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 291 Some men are like musical glasses;—to produce their finest tones, you must keep them wet.

1870 G. Molloy Geol. & Revelation i. vii. 114 When struck they emit mellow sounds of various keys, not unlike the tones of musical glasses.

1912 Billboard 9 Nov. 53/3 For sale—a musical act, cheap: one set of organ chimes; one set of musical glasses; one marimbaphone.

1966 Listener 9 June 853/3 [Grainger's] tribute to Foster (1930), set for five solo voices, mixed chorus piano, musical glasses, and orchestra.

1984 New Grove Dict. Musical Instruments 725/1 The earliest known European allusion to musical glasses occurs in Gaffurius's Theorica musicae (Milan, 1492), which contains a woodcut showing the musical use of vessels in a ‘Pythagorean experiment’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musical glasses
释义	musical glassesn. Brit. /ˌmjuːzᵻkl ˈɡlɑːsᵻz/, /ˌmjuːzᵻkl ˈɡlasᵻz/, U.S. /ˈˌmjuzək(ə)l ˈɡlæsəz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musical adj., glass n.¹ Etymology: < musical adj. + the plural of glass n.¹ A musical instrument consisting of a series of glasses or glass bowls graded by size and often fine-tuned by the addition of water, each of which produces a particular musical tone when rubbed around the rim or struck. Cf. harmonica n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > musical glasses musical glasses1761 glass1762 harmonica1762 finger glass1789 harmonicon1825 glassichord1835 1761 A. Ford (title) Instructions for playing on the musical glasses. 1762 G. Colman Musical Lady i. 16 It is a set of musical glasses, that you bespoke last week. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ix. 84 They would talk of nothing but..pictures, taste, Shakespear, and the musical glasses. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 291 Some men are like musical glasses;—to produce their finest tones, you must keep them wet. 1870 G. Molloy Geol. & Revelation i. vii. 114 When struck they emit mellow sounds of various keys, not unlike the tones of musical glasses. 1912 Billboard 9 Nov. 53/3 For sale—a musical act, cheap: one set of organ chimes; one set of musical glasses; one marimbaphone. 1966 Listener 9 June 853/3 [Grainger's] tribute to Foster (1930), set for five solo voices, mixed chorus piano, musical glasses, and orchestra. 1984 New Grove Dict. Musical Instruments 725/1 The earliest known European allusion to musical glasses occurs in Gaffurius's Theorica musicae (Milan, 1492), which contains a woodcut showing the musical use of vessels in a ‘Pythagorean experiment’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761
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