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Webster 1913 Edition


Tympano

‖

Tym′pa-no

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Tympani
(#)
.
[It.
timpano
. See
Tympanum
.]
(Mus.)
A kettledrum; – chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See
Kettledrum
.
[Written also
timpano
.]