| 单词 | oaten reed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoaten reed a. A simple musical pipe made from a reed; (also) one made from the hollow stem of another plant. Frequently in oaten reed (see oaten adj. 2).Recorded earliest in reed piper n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > made of straw reeda1387 fistulaa1398 oat reeda1522 quill1567 reed pipe1567 oat-pipe1586 oat1587 straw1598 whistle-stalka1657 oaten1825 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 249 Citharistria, hærpestre. Auledus, readpipere. Salpista aule, bymere. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 11 Also who wolde schoute to skorne, Ȝif I pipe wiþ an otene reed [L. avena]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1031 He the ferste..Was which the melodie fond Of Riedes..With double pipes forto pipe. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1221 That craftely begunne to pipe Bothe in doucet and in riede. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 261/1 Rede to playe or pype with, anche. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 Mercurius that playit on ane sey reid. 1637 J. Milton Comus 12 Might we but heare The..Sound of pastoral reed with oaten stops. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 20 Since my Voice can match your tuneful Reed. 1765 C. Dibdin Shepherd's Artifice I. ix. 18 Swains no more repeat their pleasure In the bow'r, on tuneful reed. 1790 D. Morison Poems 47 He tunes his win'some reed, The wee things loup and prance. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. i. 94 As if thy waves..Had only heard the shepherd's reed, Nor started at the bugle-horn. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. i. 18 To the musical reeds and the glasses.., farewell. 1933 Art Bull. 15 306 The one-eyed giant pipes a shepherd's reed to charm Galatea. 1992 Women's Art Mag. (BNC) July–Aug. 18 One plays upon a pipe or reed like Pan, another drinks from a crystal bowl. < as lemmas |
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