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Rebec   Listen
noun
Rebec  n.  
1.
(Mus.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. (Written also rebeck) "He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note."
2.
A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. (Obs.)





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"Rebec" Quotes from Famous Books



... great silver lamp. On entering the lowest room the visitor saw a row of book-cases low enough to be used as desks or tables. A few musical instruments lay about; one of the old lists tells us of a lute, and guitars inlaid with ivory and enamel, and 'an old rebec' much out of repair. There were 269 volumes in the book-cases. We will only mention a few of the most remarkable. There was Queen Blanche's Bible in red morocco, and another in white boards, Thomas Waley's rhymes from Ovid with splendid miniatures, and Richard de Furnival's Bestiaire ...
— The Great Book-Collectors • Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton


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