sawtry

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːtɹi/

Noun

sawtry (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

“sawtry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

strawy, swarty, wastry

Middle English

Noun

sawtry

Alternative form of sauterie

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