viola

Same as viol.

Specifically,in modern usage, the large violin, properly the alto violin, though generally called the tenor, in size about one seventh larger than the violin

In organ-building, a stop with metal pipes of narrow scale and ears on the sides of the mouths, giving tones of a penetrating, string-like quality.

A genus of plants, type of the order Violarieæ and tribe Violeæ, including the pansies and violets.

A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.

the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto.

an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used.

an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba.

a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used.