PLECTRUM
\plˈɛktɹəm], \plˈɛktɹəm], \p_l_ˈɛ_k_t_ɹ_ə_m]\
Definitions of PLECTRUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
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A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
By Noah Webster.
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A small, flat, usually oval, piece of horn, celluloid, etc., used by a player on certain stringed instruments, such as the mandolin, to strike the strings.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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