the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
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any of the plants themselves.
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such stalks or plants collectively.
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anything made from such a stalk or from something similar, as an arrow.
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Music.
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a pastoral or rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from the hollow stalk of some other plant.
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a small, flexible piece of cane or metal that, attached to the mouth of any of various wind instruments, is set into vibration by a stream of air and, in turn, sets into vibration the air column enclosed in the tube of the instrument.
Any of various tall perennial grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites or Arundo, having hollow stems, broad leaves, and large plumelike terminal panicles.
The stalk of any of these plants.
A collection of these stalks: reed for making baskets.
A flexible strip of cane or metal set into the mouthpiece or air opening of certain instruments to produce tone by vibrating in response to a stream of air.
An instrument, such as an oboe or clarinet, that is fitted with a reed.
Music A primitive wind instrument made of a hollow reed stalk.
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A flexible strip of cane or metal set into the mouthpiece or air opening of certain instruments to produce tone by vibrating in response to a stream of air.
An instrument, such as an oboe or clarinet, that is fitted with a reed.
A narrow movable frame fitted with reed or metal strips that separate the warp threads in weaving.
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American journalist. A World War I correspondent, he was in Petrograd during the October Revolution (1917), an experience he recounted in Ten Days That Shook the World (1919). In 1919 he founded the American Communist Labor Party. Reed is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow.
Reed, Thomas Brackett 1839-1902.
American politician. A U.S. representative from Maine (1877-1899), he twice served as Speaker of the House (1889-1891 and 1895-1899).
O.E. hreod "reed," from P.Gmc. *khreudom (cf. O.S. hraid, O.Fris. hriad, M.Du. ried, O.H.G. hriot, Ger. riet), no known cognates beyond Gmc. As part of the mouthpiece of a musical instrument it is attested from 1530. A reedy voice (1811) is so called from resemblance to musical sound of a reed.
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
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United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
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United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
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a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
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a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed [syn: beating-reed instrument]
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American physician and army surgeon who proved in 1900 that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. His research led to the mosquito eradication programs carried out by William Gorgas that virtually eradicated yellow fever from Havana, Cuba, and from the Panama Canal Zone.
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 City, MI (city, FIPS 67820) Location: 43.87255 N, 85.50918 W Population (1990): 2379 (994 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49677
Reed Creek, GA (CDP, FIPS 64288) Location: 34.43663 N, 82.91508 W Population (1990): 1854 (1293 housing units) Area: 60.4 sq km (land), 29.0 sq km (water)
Reed, AR (town, FIPS 58880) Location: 33.70182 N, 91.44373 W Population (1990): 355 (118 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71670
(1.) "Paper reeds" (Isa. 19:7; R.V., "reeds"). Heb. 'aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places.
(2.) Heb. kaneh (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6), whence the Gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind. The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax, which grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the bamboo, "with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position." It is used to illustrate weakness (2 Kings 18:21; Ezek. 29:6), also fickleness or instability (Matt. 11:7; comp. Eph. 4:14). A "bruised reed" (Isa. 42:3; Matt. 12:20) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. A reed was put into our Lord's hands in derision (Matt. 27:29); and "they took the reed and smote him on the head" (30). The "reed" on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar (Matt. 27:48) was, according to John (19:29), a hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. (See CANE.)
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