Word Meanings - BASSOON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

• Naturalize
  To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
• DOUBLEACTING
  Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
• DOUBLEHUNG
  Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
• Double-dyed
  Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
• Double-ripper
  A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
• Instrumentalist
  One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
• Naturally
  In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.
• DOUBLEBANK
  To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.
• DOUBLELOCK
  To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
• Double-ender
  A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end.
• Double-shade
  To double the natural darkness of (a place).
• Instrumentalities
  of Instrumentality
• Naturalness
  The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
• DOUBLEBANKED
  Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.
• DOUBLEMILLED
  Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.
• Double-entendre
  A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
• Instrumentality
  The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

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