reed
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Reed
(senseid) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
(cot)
The hollow stem of these plants.
(senseid) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.
(hyponyms)
(short for).
(senseid) A comb-like part of a (l) for beating the weft when weaving.
(coord)
A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
A measuring rod.
A Babylonian unit of measure the length of a reed, equal to half a nindan, or six cubits.
To thatch.
To mill or mint with reeding.
(infl of)
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
(alt form)
14th c., Chaucer|Chaucer, ''Canterbury Tales/General Prologue|General Prologue''
- {{quote|enm|Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
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