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Evensong
Evensong E"ven*song`, n. [AS. [=ae]fensang.]
A song for the evening; the evening service or form of
worship (in the Church of England including vespers and
compline); also, the time of evensong. --Wyclif. Milton.
PricksongPricksong Prick"song` (?; 115), n. [See Prick, v. t., 4.]
Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called
from the points or dots with which it is noted down. [Obs.]
He fights as you sing pricksong. --Shak. Singsong
Singsong Sing"song`, n.
1. Bad singing or poetry.
2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed
song.
Singsong
Singsong Sing"song`, a.
Drawling; monotonous.
Singsong
Singsong Sing"song`, v. i.
To write poor poetry. [R.] --Tennyson.
song sparrowSparrow Spar"row, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG.
sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp["o]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw.
sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or
flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See Spurn, and cf.
Spavin.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of
the family Fringillig[ae], having conical bills, and
feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also
finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house
sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its
familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young,
and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
Note: The following American species are well known; the
chipping sparrow, or chippy, the sage sparrow,
the savanna sparrow, the song sparrow, the tree
sparrow, and the white-throated sparrow (see
Peabody bird). See these terms under Sage,
Savanna, etc.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat
resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the
European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently
caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age!
--Shak.
Field sparrow, Fox sparrow, etc. See under Field,
Fox, etc.
Sparrow bill, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a
sparable.
Sparrow hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small European hawk (Accipiter nisus) or any of
the allied species.
(b) A small American falcon (Falco sparverius).
(c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter
torquatus).
Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the
European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk.
Sparrow owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (Glaucidium
passerinum) found both in the Old World and the New. The
name is also applied to other species of small owls.
Sparrow spear (Zo["o]l.), the female of the reed bunting.
[Prov. Eng.] Songcraft
Songcraft Song"craft`, n.
The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition;
versification.
A half-effected inscription. Written with little skill
of songcraft. --Longfellow.
Songful
Songful Song"ful, a.
Disposed to sing; full of song.
Songish
Songish Song"ish, a.
Consisting of songs. [R.] --Dryden.
Songless
Songless Song"less, a.
Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless
birds; songless woods.
Songster
Songster Song"ster, n. [AS. sangestre a female singer.]
1. One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often
applied to human beings.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A singing bird.
SongstressSongstress Song"stress, n. [See Songster, and -ess.]
A woman who sings; a female singing bird. --Thomson. Undersong
Undersong Un"der*song`, n.
1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. --Dryden.
2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning;
accompaniment; undertone.
In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of
sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can
comprehend. --Landor.
War songWar War, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal,
quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G.
wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps
to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic
origin. Cf. Guerrilla, Warrior.]
1. A contest between nations or states, carried on by force,
whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing
wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition
of territory, for obtaining and establishing the
superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any
other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers;
declared and open hostilities.
Men will ever distinguish war from mere bloodshed.
--F. W.
Robertson.
Note: As war is the contest of nations or states, it always
implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch
or the sovereign power of the nation. A war begun by
attacking another nation, is called an offensive war,
and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel
invasion, or the attacks of an enemy, is called
defensive.
2. (Law) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by
physical force. In this sense, levying war against the
sovereign authority is treason.
3. Instruments of war. [Poetic]
His complement of stores, and total war. --Prior.
4. Forces; army. [Poetic]
On their embattled ranks the waves return, And
overwhelm their war. --Milton.
5. The profession of arms; the art of war.
Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war from
his youth. --1 Sam. xvii.
33.
6. a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an
inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.
``Raised impious war in heaven.' --Milton.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
but war was in his heart. --Ps. lv. 21.
Civil war, a war between different sections or parties of
the same country or nation.
Holy war. See under Holy.
Man of war. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
Public war, a war between independent sovereign states.
War cry, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war
cry.
War dance, a dance among savages preliminary to going to
war. Among the North American Indians, it is begun by some
distinguished chief, and whoever joins in it thereby
enlists as one of the party engaged in a warlike
excursion. --Schoolcraft.
War field, a field of war or battle.
War horse, a horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry
soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse
for military service; a charger.
War paint, paint put on the face and other parts of the
body by savages, as a token of going to war. ``Wash the
war paint from your faces.' --Longfellow.
War song, a song of or pertaining to war; especially, among
the American Indians, a song at the war dance, full of
incitements to military ardor.
War whoop, a war cry, especially that uttered by the
American Indians.
- in
music , a song is a
composition for
voice or voices,
performed by
singing . a
choral or
vocal song may be
accompanied by
musical - goto
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three songs 'ourselves', 'greatful days', 'hanabi:
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- the song
dynasty (c 宋朝 , p sòng cháo; wade-giles : sung ch'ao sʊ̂ŋ tʂʰɑ̌ʊ̯ , ipa was a
ruling dynasty in
china between 960 and 1279; it
- bird
vocalization includes both bird
calls and bird songs. in non-technical use, bird
songs are the bird
sounds that are
melodious to the
- one
meaning often given is that of old songs, with no
known composers;
another is
music that has been
transmitted and
evolved by a
process - a
songwriter is an
individual who
writes song s, also
called a composer.
arranged and
played their own songs, more
recently the
pressure to
-
singers perform music (aria s,
recitative s, song s, etc.) that can be sung
either with or
without accompaniment by
musical instrument - the song of
songs of solomon,
commonly referred to as song of
songs (hebrew. שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים. Šîr haŠîrîm, lxx greek. grc , ᾎσμα ᾎσμάτων
- sòng (宋國) was a
state during the
eastern zhou
spring and
autumn period (770-476 bc). its
capital was
shangqiu (商丘). yong of song (宋雍氏)
