posaune (au as Ow)

[Ger. = a trombone.] Music: A reed-stop on the organ, of a rich and powerful tone. Its pipes are of a very large scale. It is of eight feet on the manuals, and of sixteen feet or thirty-two feet ( contra posaune ) on the pedals. The tubes of the manual stop are gener ally of metal, sometimes of tin; those of the pedal stop, sometimes of metal, often of zinc or wood. *põse (1), *poose, s . [A. S. gepose .] A cold in the head; catarrh. "Al the wook ther-after had such a pose ." Tale of Beryn, 578. põşe (2), s. (Fr., from poser =to place, to set, to put.] [PAUSE.] 1. An attitude or position, a umed naturally or for the purpose of producing an effect; espec. applied to the attitude or position in which a person is represented artistically; the position of the whole of the body, or any part of it. 2. A deposit; a hoard of money. (Scotch.) IMG:content-1368.png:[blocks in formation] 3196