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streinant
† streinant Obs. rare. [app. a. OF. estraignant (one example), denoting some kind of musical note.] App. a musical note written with two stems; a breve. Cf. strene n.2c 1325 in Rel. Ant. I. 292 Ȝet ther is a streinant [printed streiuant] witz to longe tailes.
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strene
▪ I. † strene, n.1 Obs. rare. [Origin and meaning obscure.]1531 Privy Purse Exp. Hen. VIII (1827) 151 Paied to one that brought a strene to the vyne fro pexhalles house, xl s.▪ II. † strene, n.2 or a. Mus. Obs. [? Corruption of streinant.] strene note: a term applied to the breve. In the figure subj...
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tailage
▪ I. tail, n.1 (teɪl) Forms: 1 tæᵹel, tæᵹl, 3 teil, 3– tail; also 3–8 tayl, 4 taille, 4–6 tayll(e, 4–7 taile, tayle, 5–6 taill; Sc. 4–6 tale. [Com. Teut.: OE. tæᵹel, tæᵹl, = ON. tagl a horse's tail (Sw. tagel horse-hair of tail or mane); OHG. zagel, MHG. zagel, dial. zail, zeil, tail of animal, etc....
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