[ree-ding] 
| 1. | a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting. |
| 2. | ornamentation consisting of such moldings. |
| 3. | a number of narrow, vertical grooves on the edge of a coin, medal, etc. |
[reed] | 1. | the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. |
| 2. | any of the plants themselves. |
| 3. | such stalks or plants collectively. |
| 4. | anything made from such a stalk or from something similar, as an arrow. |
| 5. | Music.
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| 6. | Textiles. the series of parallel strips of wires in a loom that force the weft up to the web and separate the threads of the warp. |
| 7. | an ancient unit of length, equal to 6 cubits. Ezek. 40:5. |
| 8. | to decorate with reed. |
| 9. | to thatch with or as if with reed. |
| 10. | to make vertical grooves on (the edge of a coin, medal, etc.). |
| 11. | a broken reed, a person or thing too frail or weak to be relied on for support: Under stress he showed himself to be a broken reed. |
| reed·ing (rē'dĭng) n.
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A thin piece of wood or plastic used in many woodwind instruments. It vibrates when the player holds it in the mouth and blows over it (as with a single reed) or through it (as with a double reed). Clarinets and saxophones use a single reed; bassoons and oboes use a double reed.
Reed (rēd), Walter. 1851-1902.
American surgeon who led the commission that proved experimentally that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.