Crossword-Solution: SOURDINE
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| soft stop on an organ or harmonium | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SOURDINE (5)
Back again to Berghover, in secret (A LA SOURDINE), next night; will see the Public Entry of Karl Albert, which is to be to-morrow (not quite, my Princess; January 31st for certain, [Adelung, iii.
Many are like the music en sourdine of Paul Verlaine in his "Chanson D'Automne" or "Le Piano que Baise une Main Frele." They are essentially for the twilight, for solitary enclosures, where their still, mysterious tones--"silent thunder in the leaves" as Yeats sings--become eloquent and disclose the poetry and pain of their creator.
The more complete sourdine, which muted all the strings by contact of a long strip of leather, acted as the staccato, pizzicato, or pianissimo.
Then, after you have stored your _butin_ (luggage), you can sit and sing: You may pull the _sourdine_ out You may push the _rabat-joie_ in But the _boucan_ goes up the _cheminée_ just the same Just the same, just the same, But the _boucan_ goes up the _cheminée_ just the same.
Murray Keith of Ravelston), the visit to the lost home,--all these things are treated not merely with consummate literary effect, but with a sort of _sourdine_ accompaniment of heart-throbs which only the dullest ear can miss.