schryari

[shrahy-uh-rahy]

schry·a·ri

[shrahy-uh-rahy]
noun
a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.

Origin:
1935–40; < Middle Low German schrȳ(en) to shriek + Latin -ārium -ary
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