clefn.¹

Brit.

/klɛf/, U.S.

/klɛf/

Forms: 1500s cliefe, 1500s–1600s cliffe, 1600s Scottish cleiffe, 1600s–1700s cleave, 1600s–1800s cliff, 1700s cleff, 1700s– clef.

Etymology: < French clef < Latin clāv-em key. In spelling formerly confused with the various forms of cliff n., cleeve n.; compare quots. 1654, 1658 at sense a.

a. Music. A character placed on a particular line of a stave, to indicate the name and pitch of the notes standing on that line, and hence of those on the other lines and spaces. Sometimes loosely = stave n.¹ 13.There are three clefs in use, the C, tenor, or alto clef, the G or treble clef, and the F or bass clef, which denote respectively the middle C on a piano, the G above, and the F below.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > clefs

clef1579

B clef1597

G1597

G clef1725

soprano clef1786

treble clef1786

tenor clef1806

violin clef1876

alto clef1879

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 10 How many keyes, how many cliffes, howe many moodes.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 3 A Cliefe is a charecter set on a rule at the beginning of a verse shewing the height and lownes of euery note standing on the same verse.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 104 Of how manie parts the Canon is, so manie Cliefes do they set at the beginning of the verse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 75.

1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 2 Called the 7 Cliffs, or more properly Cleaves.

1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 78 The Muses two-clif'd Hill he did surpass; Whose Musick had three Cliffs to do it grace.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 477 The circle, with a note of interrogation, placed at the beginning of each line, where the Clef should be, seems to ask the Singer, in what Key or Clef he means to begin?

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ix. 230 His ears were insensible to all sounds below F, marked by the base cliff.

1880 J. Hullah in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 370/2 When notes are written ‘in the tenor clef’ (more properly ‘on the tenor stave’).

†b. B clef: the name formerly given to the two characters now called flat (♭) and natural (♮), both of which originated from modifications of the letter b, used to denote B flat and B natural respectively. Cf. B n. 3.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > clefs

clef1579

B clef1597

G1597

G clef1725

soprano clef1786

treble clef1786

tenor clef1806

violin clef1876

alto clef1879

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 3 The ♭ cliefe which is common to euery part, is made thus ♭ or thus ♮ the one signifying the halfe note and flatt singing: the other signifying the whole note or sharpe singing.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The fourth is nam'd the B-cliff, or B-fa-be-mi Cliff, and apply'd to all Parts indifferently; its Property being only to shew, when Notes are to be sung, or play'd Flat, and when Sharp.

figurative.1625 W. Pemble Justification 219 Needlesse speculations telling vs, that now the Apostle hath altered his cliffe.a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) II. 140 They tempered ther stringes to such a cleiffe of ambition and superstitious foolriy.1868 W. Whitman On Beach at Night Alone I think a thought of the clef of the universes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† clefn.²

Etymology: apparently Anglo-Norman *clef < Latin clāvus pin: compare quots. (Grafton not knowing the word, tried to make sense with cleft .) Compare clave n.² 3.

Obsolete. rare.

The pin or needle of a weighing-beam.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > tongue of a balance

moment of a balancea1382

tongue1429

languet1483

clefa1513

needle1589

cock1611

trial1611

scape1633

pin1639

examen1719

1256 in T. Stapleton Liber de Antiquis Legibus (1846) 25 [In fine 40 Hen. III] Excepto auro et argento quod semper ponderatur per medium clavum, neque trahens ad pondam neque ad aurum sive ad argentum.

1269 in T. Stapleton Liber de Antiquis Legibus (1846) [53 Hen. III]Ponderato per medium clavum [mispr. clavium; but MS. has clauū] sicut aurum et argentum.

1353 Act 27 Edw. III, c. 10 ( Statute of the Staple ) Issint que la lange du balance soit owele, saunz encliner a lune partie ou a lautre. Pulton transl. So that the tongue of the ballance be euen without bowing to one side or to the other.]

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxviii^v Was ordeynyd y^t the Beame shulde stande vpryght, the Cleffe thereof enclynynge to neyther partye, as it doth in weyinge of Golde and Syluer.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 131 Ordeyned that the Beame should stande vpright in the cleft thereof, enclinyng to neyther partie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	clef
释义	clefn.¹ Brit. /klɛf/, U.S. /klɛf/ Forms: 1500s cliefe, 1500s–1600s cliffe, 1600s Scottish cleiffe, 1600s–1700s cleave, 1600s–1800s cliff, 1700s cleff, 1700s– clef. Etymology: < French clef < Latin clāv-em key. In spelling formerly confused with the various forms of cliff n., cleeve n.; compare quots. 1654, 1658 at sense a. a. Music. A character placed on a particular line of a stave, to indicate the name and pitch of the notes standing on that line, and hence of those on the other lines and spaces. Sometimes loosely = stave n.¹ 13.There are three clefs in use, the C, tenor, or alto clef, the G or treble clef, and the F or bass clef, which denote respectively the middle C on a piano, the G above, and the F below. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > clefs clef1579 B clef1597 G1597 G clef1725 soprano clef1786 treble clef1786 tenor clef1806 violin clef1876 alto clef1879 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 10 How many keyes, how many cliffes, howe many moodes. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 3 A Cliefe is a charecter set on a rule at the beginning of a verse shewing the height and lownes of euery note standing on the same verse. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 104 Of how manie parts the Canon is, so manie Cliefes do they set at the beginning of the verse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 75. 1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 2 Called the 7 Cliffs, or more properly Cleaves. 1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 78 The Muses two-clif'd Hill he did surpass; Whose Musick had three Cliffs to do it grace. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 477 The circle, with a note of interrogation, placed at the beginning of each line, where the Clef should be, seems to ask the Singer, in what Key or Clef he means to begin? 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ix. 230 His ears were insensible to all sounds below F, marked by the base cliff. 1880 J. Hullah in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 370/2 When notes are written ‘in the tenor clef’ (more properly ‘on the tenor stave’). †b. B clef: the name formerly given to the two characters now called flat (♭) and natural (♮), both of which originated from modifications of the letter b, used to denote B flat and B natural respectively. Cf. B n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > clefs clef1579 B clef1597 G1597 G clef1725 soprano clef1786 treble clef1786 tenor clef1806 violin clef1876 alto clef1879 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 3 The ♭ cliefe which is common to euery part, is made thus ♭ or thus ♮ the one signifying the halfe note and flatt singing: the other signifying the whole note or sharpe singing. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The fourth is nam'd the B-cliff, or B-fa-be-mi Cliff, and apply'd to all Parts indifferently; its Property being only to shew, when Notes are to be sung, or play'd Flat, and when Sharp. figurative.1625 W. Pemble Justification 219 Needlesse speculations telling vs, that now the Apostle hath altered his cliffe.a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) II. 140 They tempered ther stringes to such a cleiffe of ambition and superstitious foolriy.1868 W. Whitman On Beach at Night Alone I think a thought of the clef of the universes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † clefn.² Etymology: apparently Anglo-Norman clef < Latin clāvus* pin: compare quots. (Grafton not knowing the word, tried to make sense with cleft .) Compare clave n.² 3. Obsolete. rare. The pin or needle of a weighing-beam. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > tongue of a balance moment of a balancea1382 tongue1429 languet1483 clefa1513 needle1589 cock1611 trial1611 scape1633 pin1639 examen1719 1256 in T. Stapleton Liber de Antiquis Legibus (1846) 25 [In fine 40 Hen. III] Excepto auro et argento quod semper ponderatur per medium clavum, neque trahens ad pondam neque ad aurum sive ad argentum. 1269 in T. Stapleton Liber de Antiquis Legibus (1846) [53 Hen. III]Ponderato per medium clavum [mispr. clavium; but MS. has clauū] sicut aurum et argentum. 1353 Act 27 Edw. III, c. 10 ( Statute of the Staple ) Issint que la lange du balance soit owele, saunz encliner a lune partie ou a lautre. Pulton transl. So that the tongue of the ballance be euen without bowing to one side or to the other.] a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxviii^v Was ordeynyd y^t the Beame shulde stande vpryght, the Cleffe thereof enclynynge to neyther partye, as it doth in weyinge of Golde and Syluer. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 131 Ordeyned that the Beame should stande vpright in the cleft thereof, enclinyng to neyther partie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹1579n.²a1513
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