XYLOPHONE
\zˈa͡ɪləfˌə͡ʊn], \zˈaɪləfˌəʊn], \z_ˈaɪ_l_ə_f_ˌəʊ_n]\
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An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
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An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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