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mn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.

A song or hymn of praise. Milton.

vious strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the othe…

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

An air or song; a melody; a tune.

n; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.

A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

To enter on; to commence. Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. Pope.

The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

instrumental composition of a soft tranquil character, having a lulling effect; a cradle song.

A pastoral song. [Obs.]

in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. The angelic song in Bethlehem field, On thy birthnight, that sung thee Savior born. Milton.

A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. Pairy bluebird (Zoöl.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus Irena, of several species.…

The refrain of a song. To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.

A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)

try, from whose bourn No traveler returns. Shak. Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. Wordsworth. To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. Tyndall.

Drunken; sotted; boozy. In his cups the bousy poet songs. Dryden.