Lin’ke Hand (Ger.)

Left hand. Lip. 1. (Ger. Lip’pe or [Lat.] La’bium, I. La’bien; Fr. diseau [upper tip The lips of a flue-pipe are the flat surfaces above and below the mouth, called the upper and lower lip. See Pipe 2, a,—2. (Ger. An’sats; Fr. embouchure; It. imboccatu’ra.) The art or faculty of so adjusting the lips to the mouthpiece of a wind-instr. as to produce artistic effects of tone; also dipping Lip’penpfeife (Ger.) Flue-pipe (usually Lira (It.) Lyre (see Lyre).—While the ancient lyre was a harp-like instr., the Gra of the r6th-18th century was a species of viol, a bow-instr. with a varying number of strings, and made in 3 principal sizes...Z. darberi’na, a ‘small lyre inv. by Doni of Florence in the r7th century...Z. da braccio, “‘arm-lyre”, a bow-instr. first mentioned in the gth’ century, and appearing in the rsth as an instr. resembling the viol in form of head and in arruping. though in other points (and finally in the adoption of 4 strings) like the violin (see art. Violin, foot-note)...Z. da gamba, knee-lyre...Z. tede’sca, hurdygurdy. Lirico,-a (It.) Lyric, lyrical.