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Syrinx

noun
(pl. syringes)
1.
A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.  Synonyms: pandean pipe, panpipe.
2.
The vocal organ of a bird.





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"Syrinx" Quotes from Famous Books



... laughin, Der Garten-gott dere to, Und sait - "Oldt Hans! vile you're apout Ve nefer can look blue." Den Pan blay on his Syrinx, To de tune of Mary Blane, "Don't gry pecause ve're out of town, Ve're coming ...
— The Breitmann Ballads • Charles G. Leland
... And through these thick woods, have I run, Whose depths have never kiss'd the sun; Since the lusty Spring began, All to please my master, Pan, Have I trotted without rest To get him fruit; for at a feast He entertains, this coming night, His paramour, the Syrinx bright. ...
— Jesse Cliffe • Mary Russell Mitford
... maid named Syrinx, And there once lived a god named Pan; He liked me, but I didn't like him, So away to the woods ...
— Little Folks (December 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... play the lute, the violin, the flageolet, the harp, the syrinx and the regals," the other replied; "also the Spanish penola that is struck with a quill, the organistrum that a wheel turns round, the wait so delightful, the rebeck so enchanting, the little gigue that chirps up on high, and the great ...
— Domnei • James Branch Cabell et al


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