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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ancient Greek music, originally, the forefinger-string of the lyre, and the tone produced upon that string; later, the third tone from the bottom of the lowest and of the next to the lowest tetrachords of the recognized system of tones. See lyre and tetrachord.

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