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Webster 1913 Edition

Sordine

Sor′dine

(? or ?; 277)

,

Noun.

[It.

sordina

,

sordino

, from

sordo

deaf, dull-sounding, L.

surdus

. See

.]

(Mus.)

See

, and 5th

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sordine

SOR'DET

, SOR'DINE,

Noun.

[L. surdus, deaf.] A little pipe in the mouth of a trumpet to make it sound lower or shriller.