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Webster 1913 Edition

Violone

‖

Viˊo-lo′ne

,

Noun.

[It.

violone

, augment. of

viola

a viol. See

.]

(Mus.)

The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; – called also

double bass

.

[Written also

violono

.]