sawtry
See also: Sawtry
English
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editsawtry (plural sawtries)
- Obsolete form of psaltery.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- The chaplets white and red their ladies bore.
Their instruments were various in their kind,
Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind:
The sawtry, pipe, and hautboy's noisy band.
References
edit- “sawtry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editMiddle English
editNoun
editsawtry
- Alternative form of sauterie