oboe



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Hautboy \Haut"boy\ (h[=o]"boi), n. [F. hautbois, lit., high
   wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high
   tone. See Haughty, Bush; and cf. Oboe.]
   1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and
      similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
      Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.
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   2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See Hautboy.] (Mus.)
   One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra,
   yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality
   of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more
   slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
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   Oboe d'amore [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di
   caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete
      modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
      Bach and Handel.
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