Crossword-Solution: BOURDON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bourdon | n. | A pilgrim's staff. |
| Bourdon | n. | A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) |
| Bourdon | n. | A kind of organ stop. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “BOURDON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| FRENCH citizen, of a | 1 answer |
| HUMDRUM ideas, person of | 1 answer |
| MIDDLE-class ideas, person of | 1 answer |
| harmonium stop | 2 answers |
| Bagpipe part | 8 answers |
| Organ stop | 14 answers |
| Lace | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEMAEC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with BOURDON (5)
The faint hum of the insect, the intermittent murmur of the guitar, the mellow complainings of the pigeons, the prolonged purr of the white cat, the contented clucking of the hens--all these noises mingled together to form a faint, drowsy bourdon, prolonged, stupefying, suggestive of an infinite quiet, of a calm, complacent life, centuries old, lapsing gradually to its end under the gorgeous loneliness of a cloudless, pale blue sky and the steady fire of an interminable sun.
From their corner came a medley of mellow sounds, the subdued chirps of the violins, the dull bourdon of the bass viol, the liquid gurgling of the flageolet and the deep-toned snarl of the big horn, with now and then a rasping stridulating of the snare drum.
And then from point to point, from street to roof top, and from roof to spire, the vague murmur of many sounds grew and spread and widened, slowly, grandly; that profound and steady bourdon, as of an invisible organ swelling, deepening, and expanding to the full male diapason of the city aroused and signaling the advent of another year.
Bourdon and La Richardiere, renowned for their extensive operations in the funds, quietly and in small quantities at a time, converted their notes into specie, and sent it away to foreign countries.
Any belated persons walking along the Boulevard Bourdon must have stood still to listen to an exile's last prayer, a last cry of regret for a lost name, mingled with memories of Bianca.