Wonnegesang

n. (von'-ne-ge-zang') Ger. wrest-plank A rapturous or ecstatic song; a The block in a piano into which are song expre ing the utmost degree of driven the wrest-pins around which pleasurable emotion. are wound one end of each string. It wood quartet must be very substantial, for permanence of tuning depends largely upon A quartet which is formed by the its stability. flute, oboe, clarinet and ba oon. wrist-guide wood-wind A device for holding the wrist in 1. A general term for the group of position, constituting a part of the such wind instruments in the orc hes obsolete chiro plast, or hand-guide, tra as are made chiefly of wood; it which was an apparatus designed to includes the flute, clarinet, oboe, basaid the hands in piano playing. See soon and other similar instruments. also chiro plast. 2. Those organ stops the pipes of wuchtig (vookh'-tikh) Ger. adj. which are made of wood, taken col- Weighty; emphatic; heavy. Equivalectively. lent to pesante. word painting wunderlich (voon'-der-likh) Ger. adj. In music, written as a setting to Wonder-like; strange; fantastic; cawords, the separate illustration of pricious. each word by the tone or tones ac- Wunderstimme (voon'-der-shtlm-mS) companying it,as colors in painting Ger. n. give life and freshne to design or A wonderful, marvelous voice. outlines. wiirdevoll (viir'-de-fol) Ger. adj. work, principal Dignified. The cylindrical open pipes that give wiirdig fvur'-dikh) Ger. adj. the diapason, which is the pure typical Dignified. organ tone. wuthend (vti'-tent) Ger. adj. work, reed wiithig (vii'-tifkh) Ger. adj. The name given to any group of Furious; frantic; raving. 599 instrument, furnished with strings xabardillo (ha-bar-dil'-yo) Spa. n. which, when the keys were depre ed, Literally, a little crowd: applied to a company of strolling players. Diwere pre ed against revolving rosminutive of xabardo. Usually spelled ined bows set into motion by treadles. jabardillo. The instrument was rather complicated and po e ed a bow for each