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† ˈclarichord Obs.
Forms: 6 clary-, clericord(e, clare-, 6–9 claricord, 9 Hist. clarichord.
[A perverted form of clavichord. Littré has claricorde also as Fr., but without citation; Cotgr. has it only as the Eng. of clavessin. Whether the corruption was phonetic or graphic (r for v) does not appear: the erroneous form was probably associated with L. clarus, clear.]
= clavichord, q.v.
1502[see claricymbal]. 1503in Leland Collect. (1770) App. iii. 284 The kyng began before hyr to play of the clarychordes..and upon the said clarychorde Sir Edward Stanley played a ballade and sang therewith. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. xii, Rebeckes, clarycordes, eche in theyr degre. 1514Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 49 My best clarycordis. 1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Organ danneu, a payre of clericordes. 1598Florio, Monocordo, an instrument hauing manie strings of one sound, which with little peeces of cloth make distinct sounds, called claricords. 1751Chambers Cycl., Claricord, or Manicord, a musical instrument in form of a spinett. It has 49 or 50 keys and 70 strings, which bear on five bridges. [1823tr. Sismondi's Lit. Eur. (1846) I. v. 128 The Jongleur..able to handle the claricord and guitar. 1878A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. I. 366/2 During the Tudor period, frequent mention is found..of the clavichord, clarichord, and monochord; all three names seeming to be shared by one instrument, and that most probably the true clavichord.]
b. attrib.
1577Harrison England iii. xi, [Iron] of such toughnesse, that it yieldeth to the making of claricord wire.
¶ Corrupted forms of this were claricall (clericall), claricoes, claricorn; also clarigold.
1598–1611Florio, Grauicembalo, a musicall instrument, like our calricoes. 1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 73 A muscike strange of new found Claricalls. 1611Cotgr., Clavessins, claricords or claricols. 1626Bacon Sylva §158 A Soft Body dampeth the Sound, much more than a Hard..And therefore in Clericalls, the Keyes are lined. 1692Coles, Claricorn, Cler-, an instrument somewhat like a cymbal. [So 1724 in Cocker.] |