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æolian harp

æolian harp is the archaic spelling of Aeolian harp.

Meaning of Aeolian harp

Noun

Aeolian harp (plural Aeolian harps)

  1. An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them.
    • […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III...
    Synonyms:
    wind harp

Forms of æolian harp

pluralæolian harps

Questions about æolian harp

What is æolian harp the archaic spelling of?
Æolian harp is the archaic spelling of Aeolian harp.

Words near æolian harp in the dictionary

  1. ænigmatists
  2. ænigmatite
  3. ænigmatites
  4. Æolia
  5. æolian
  6. æolian harp
  7. æolian harps
  8. Æolian Islands
  9. Æolic
  10. Æolick
  11. æolipile

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