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Reed
(senseid) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
The hollow stem of these plants.
Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
(senseid) A comb-like part of a (l) for beating the weft when weaving.
A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
A measuring rod.
A Babylonian unit of measure the length of a reed, equal to half a nindan, or six cubits.
To thatch.
To mill or mint with reeding.
(infl of)
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
advice, counsel
14th c., Chaucer|Chaucer, ''Canterbury Tales/General Prologue|General Prologue''
- {{quote|enm|Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
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