Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stop of an organ. See
organ and stop.
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Examples
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The piano-black trim on the steering wheel, the faux Bakelite, the chrome key window switches and organ-stop vent pulls, the frosted glass around the iDrive indicators, leather and veneers galore.
Rolls-Royce Builds a Real Car Dan Neil 2010
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The piano-black trim on the steering wheel, the faux Bakelite, the chrome key window switches and organ-stop vent pulls, the frosted glass around the iDrive indicators, leather and veneers galore.
Rolls-Royce Builds a Real Car Dan Neil 2010
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The piano-black trim on the steering wheel, the faux Bakelite, the chrome key window switches and organ-stop vent pulls, the frosted glass around the iDrive indicators, leather and veneers galore.
Rolls-Royce Builds a Real Car Dan Neil 2010
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The piano-black trim on the steering wheel, the faux Bakelite, the chrome key window switches and organ-stop vent pulls, the frosted glass around the iDrive indicators, leather and veneers galore.
Rolls-Royce Builds a Real Car20% Dan Neil 2010
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Besides, he will at once be transformed from a human being into an organ-stop or something of the sort; for what is a man without desires, without free will and without choice, if not a stop in an organ?
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The operation of these "capital" and "small-capital keys" is similar to that of an organ-stop in modifying the effect of other keys.
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Each one corresponds to what is termed an organ-stop.
Musical Memories Saint-Saens, Camille 1919
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Besides, he will at once be transformed from a human being into an organ-stop or something of the sort; for what is a man without desires, without free will and without choice, if not a stop in an organ?
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Each one corresponds to what is termed an organ-stop.
Musical Memories Camille Saint-Sa��ns 1878
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Besides, he will at once be transformed from a human being into an organ-stop or something of the sort; for what is a man without desires, without free will and without choice, if not a stop in an organ?
Notes from the Underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851
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