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Sesquialter

Ses`qui*al"ter\, a. Sesquialteral.

Sesquialter

Ses`qui*al"ter\, Sesquialtera \Ses`qui*al"ter*a\, n. [NL. sesquialtera.] (Mus.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which re["e]nforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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