Chapter Words Relating to Matter of Index by Roget's Thesaurus

penny-whistle, ocarina, bugle, serpent, ophicleide, clarion, bagpipe, musette; harmonium, American organ, seraphina, concertina, accordion, mouth-organ, etc.; great, swell, choir, solo and echo organs.

3. Vibrating surfaces: Cymbal, bell, carillon, gong, tabor, tambourine, timbrel, drum, side-drum, bass- drum, kettle-drum, timpano, military drum, tom-tom, castanet; musical glasses, harmonica, glockenspiel; sounding- board, etc.

4. Vibrating bars: Tuning-fork, triangle, xylophone, Jew's harp, etc.

5. Mechanical instruments: Musical box, hurdy-gurdy, barrel-organ, piano-organ, orchestrion, piano-player, pianola, etc.; gramophone, phonograph.

Key, string, bow, drumstick, bellows, sound-box, pedal, stop; loud or sustaining pedal, soft pedal, mute, sordine, sourdine, damper, swell - box; keyboard, finger - board, console; organ - loft, concert-platform, orchestra, choir, singing-gallery, belfry, campanile.

4 PERCEPTION OF SOUND

• Sense of sound.

Hearing (Substantives), audition, auscultation, listening, eavesdropping; audibility.

Acuteness, nicety, delicacy, of ear.

Ear, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, ear-drum, tym - panum; lug.

Telephone, speaking-tube, ear-trumpet, audiphone, ear-phone, phone, receiver.

A hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, auditory, audience.

(Verbs). To hear, overhear, hark, listen, list, hearken, give or lend an ear, prick up one's ears, give a hearing or audience to, listen in.

(Phrases). To hang upon the lips of; to be all ears.

To become audible, to catch the ear, to be heard.

(Adjectives). Hearing, etc., auditory, auricular, acoustic.

(Interjections). Hark! list! hear! listen!

(Adverb). Arrectis auribus.

• Deafness (Substantives), hardness of hearing, surdity.

(Verbs). To be deaf, to shut, stop, or close one's ears.

To render deaf, to stun, to deafen.

(Phrase). To turn a deaf ear to.

(Adjectives). Deaf, hard of hearing, earless, surd, dull of hearing, deaf - mute, stunned, deafened, having no ear.

(Phrases). Deaf as a post; deaf as a beetle; deaf as a trunk-maker.

Inaudible, out of hearing.

6. Light