lyre
nounA stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar, used to accompany a singer or reciter of poetry, especially in ancient Greece.
In pianoforte-making, the lyre-shaped frame to which the pedals are attached and through which the pedal-rods work.
The posterior portion of the under surface of the fornix of the brain, marked by a number of lines bearing a fancied resemblance to a lyre. Also called
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An obsolete form of
In music
nounA stringed instrument of Egyptian origin, which became the national instrument of ancient Greece.
nounAn element in the name of some instruments of the viol class, as the arm-lyre or lira da braccio, and the knee-lyre or lira da gamba. See
A kind of metallic harmonica, mounted on a lyre-shaped frame, occasionally used in military music.
nounA kind of rebec used by the modern Greeks. See