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f great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.

A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

r hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch. -- Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give the…

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.

esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) -- Chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. -- To build a chapel (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See Chapel, v. t., 2. -- To hold a chapel, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of c…

To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.] Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. Spenser.

entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.

h cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry sucker (Zoöl.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe. Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. -- Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.

The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton.

who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.

The string of a musical instrument. Milton.

The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. Craig.

One who leads a choir in church music. [U. S.]

The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.

A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer. [Obs.]

A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.