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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ancient musicalinstrument of the trumpet kind, originally a horn of an ox or cow, blown by a shepherd to assemble his flocks. See bussyne.

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  • noun music A curved brass instrument used by the ancient Roman army

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