HURDY-GURDY
\hˈɜːdiɡˈɜːdi], \hˈɜːdiɡˈɜːdi], \h_ˈɜː_d_i_ɡ_ˈɜː_d_i]\
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hur'di-gur'di, n. a musical stringed instrument, like a rude violin, whose strings are sounded by the turning of a wheel: a hand-organ: an impact-wheel. [Imit.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Musical instrument with droning sound, played by turning handle, orig. one with rosined wheel turned by left hand& played by right.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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