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QUARTERS |
Fourths |
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DIGIT |
A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths
of an inch. |
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INVERSION |
Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an
octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc. |
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GRADE |
The result of crossing a native stock with some better
breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better
blood, it is called high grade. |
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DIAZEUTIC |
Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which,
like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and,
being joined to either, made a fifth. |
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SKILLING |
A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North
Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of
a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck. |
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MEASURE |
...
certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according
to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a
... |
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DENOMINATION |
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denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings,
or of tons. ... |