HURDY-GURDY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.

2.
n.

In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.


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