Thesaurus: spinet

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1. n. A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
2. n. A spinny.
3. n. a small and compactly built upright piano
4. n. early model harpsichord with only one string per note
5. A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon. A spinny. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
6. A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, butsmaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, soundedby means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly muchused. Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon.
7. n:100 n. a small and compactly built upright piano n. early model harpsichord with only one string per note