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† ˈharpsical Obs.
(Also harpsecol, harpsicol, vulg. haspicols).
A corrupt form of harpsichord, prob. after virginal.
1616Chapman Homer's Hymne to Apollo 29 Then strait did fall To studie of the harp and harpsicall All th' Immortals. 1668H. More Div. Dial. v. xxxviii. 447 Some well-strung Harpsicall or Theorbo. 1704Collect. Voy. (Churchill) III. 38/2 Their Quils..serve for Harpsicals. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Harpsecord or Harpsecol. 1752Foote Taste i. Wks. 1799 I. 12 Playing upon the haspicols. 1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. iv. i, Her pretty long fingers, that she twists this way and that, over the haspicholls. |