reedbur

Bot.: The genus Sparganium. reed-gra , s. Bot.: (1) The genus Arundo; (2) the genus Cal a mag rostis; (3) the genus Phalaris. Meadow reed-gra (1) Glyceria aquatic a , a British gra , and (2) Cinna a rund in ace a , wild in this country. reed-instruments, s. pl. Music: Oboes, clarionets, and ba oons, with others of their cla . IMG:content-0339.png:[blocks in formation] produce the sound, but is only a mear IMG:content-0340.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A musical pipe made of a reed. IMG:content-0341.png:[blocks in formation] (Jer. li. 32). The R. V. renders it in the text, "reeds," and in the margin, "marshes or pools." The paper reed of Isaiah xix. 7, Heb. aroth , is not the papyrus, but is translated in the R. V., "meadow. (3) Greek kalamos a generic name for a reed or cane (Matt. xi. 7, xxvii. 30, 48; Rev. xi. 1, ). 7. Weav.: An appurtenance of the loom, consist. ing of two parallel bars set a few inches apart, and furnished with a number of parallel slips of metal or reed, called dents, between which the warp threads are pa ed. The reed is set in a swinging frame, called the lathe, lay, or batten. In the chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; reed-tu ock, s. Entom.: A moth, Orgyia cœnos a. reed-upon-reed, s. Bot.: Cal a mag rostis effusa. reed-wainscot, s. Entom.: A night moth, Non agria canna. reed-warbler, s. male is about five and a half inches long, upper surface uniform pale brown, with a tinge of chestnut; chin, throat, and belly white. "It is doubtful whether the Reed-warbler regularly extends further to the northwest than Staff ords hire or Derby shire Its partiality for reeds, where they exist, and the habit it has, in common with its larger congener [the Sedge-warbler], of usually suspending its remarkable nest among their stems, make the names of Reed bird or Reed-wren, by which it is commonly known, sufficiently applicable." -Yarrell: Brit. (ed. 4th), i. 370. IMG:content-0342.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Abounding in reeds; reedy. 3. Formed with channels and ridges like reeds. reed-en, a . [Eng. reed, s.; -en.] Consisting of a reed or reeds; made of reeds. "Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood." Dryden: Virgil; Georgio, iv. 385.