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songn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian song , sang (West Frisian sang , East Frisian song , North Frisian sōng ), Old Dutch sank (Middle Dutch sanc , Dutch zang ), Old Saxon sang (Middle Low German sanc ), Old High German sang (Middle High German sanc , German Sang (now usually in Gesang )), Old Icelandic sǫngr (Icelandic söngur ), Norwegian (Bokmål) sang , (Nynorsk) song , Old Swedish sanger (Swedish sång ), Old Danish, Danish sang , Gothic saggws < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the Germanic base of sing v.1Form history. The later β. forms largely reflect late Old English lengthening of a before ng , southern rounding of ā to open ō in Middle English, and subsequent shortening to o in late Middle English (compare forms of long adj.1 and n.1, strong adj.). On spellings with o in Old English (reflected also by some early Middle English instances) see discussion at O n.1 In Middle English the α. forms are chiefly attested in the north (especially after the mid 14th cent.); they continue in regional use in the north of England, and in Scotland and Ireland. Specific senses. With use with reference to poetry set to music (see sense 2) compare Old English leōð , Middle Dutch liet (Dutch lied ), Middle Low German lēt , Old High German liod (Middle High German lied , German Lied ), Old Icelandic ljòð , Gothic liuþ- (see Lied n.); these words are typically used to denote short songs as well as major sung narratives (compare also quot. eOE at sense 1α. ). In specific use with reference to a particular musical form (especially, but not exclusively, in German Romantic music) partly after German Lied Lied n.; compare e.g. song form n. at Compounds 2, song cycle n. at Compounds 2, and song without words n. at Phrases 3. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > sound of singing society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > instance of α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Otho) (2009) I. xii. 435 [Þa he þa] þis leoð asungen hæ[fde, þ]a forlet he þone sang. OE (2008) 1063 Þær wæs sang ond sweg samod ætgædere fore Healfdenes hildewisan, gomenwudu greted, gid oft wrecen. 1340 (1866) 60 Þe dyeules noriches þet..doþ ham slepe ine hare zenne be hare uayre zang. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 1030 Þar sune es soft and suet sang. c1425 (c1400) l. 18127 Thei halpe hit In with mochel sang. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) Prol. 3 (MED) Grete haboundance of gastly comfort..comes in the hertes of thaim at says or synges deuotly the psalmes..the sange of psalmes chases fendis, excites aungels til oure help. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 943 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 124 Thar with dame natur has to ye hevin..Ascendit sone..with solace & sang. 1724 A. Ramsay (new ed.) I. 44 If the World my Passion wrang, And say ye only live in Sang. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs iv, in 11 After some dog in Highland sang. 1860 J. Crawford 2nd Ser. 210 To glory in thy boundless fame, And praise in sang thy deathless name. a1909 A. Anderson (1912) 98 Langsyne, when life was bonnie, An' a' the days were lang, When through them ran the music That comes to us in sang. 2005 25 Apr. 14/2 We hae much tae thank them baith for in bringin the North-east sang tae the fore. 2. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > musical setting society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) lii. 409 Ða singað ðone sang [L. canticum] ðe nan mon elles singan ne mæg. lOE St. Neot (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner (1917) 129 He dæighwamlice to his Drihtene clypode æfter Dauides sange þuss cweðende, Drihten [etc.]. c1175 ( Ælfric (Bodl.) 30 Heo up comen ealle isunde, herigende mid sangum [OE Laud mid sange] ðone heofenlice God. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 3374 Þeȝȝ alle sungenn ænne sang Drihhtin to lofe. & wurrþe. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 15 Ða aingles of heuene..sunge ðane derewurðe sang, Gloria in exselsis deo. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 23 Sanges sere of selcuth rime, Inglis, frankys, and latine. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cxxxvi. 5 in C. Horstmann (1896) II. 264 Hou sal we singe sange wið blisse Ofe lauerd in outen land þat isse? c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 250 Herd thow euere slyk a sang er now. a1450 (1885) 157 Of sorowes sere schal be my sang. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen 16 Thay that prouokis ony ewil desir..with sangis or wordis or foul takine. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 74 To sing sangs of joy and blythnes. 1652 (title page) With a fery brave new Ballacks or Sangs, made py..a fery exshellent cood Welsh-Poet. 1686 G. Stuart 27 She sang light sangs, read leud Romances. 1724 A. Ramsay (new ed.) I. Ded. vi Their sangs may ward ye frae the sour, And gaily vacant minutes pass. 1786 R. Burns 196 There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best. 1812 J. Bell 166 Wold you please to hear of a sang of dule, Of yea sad chance and pittifow case, Makes the peur man powt through many a pule. 1839 J. Ballantine in 2nd Ser. 5 There's nae Carritch question, nor auld Scottish sang, But the loun screeds ye aff in the true lowlant twang. 1969 G. Friel Grace & Miss Partridge xi, in (1999) 355 The sangs her father loved to hear, the sangs her mither sung. 1986 R. A. Jamieson 52 Dan will I hear da sangs o dem Dat virmished lang t'up an ging. 2007 D. Purves (title) Ane auld sang. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > singing sound 1778 R. Alves 29 Where the chiming song Of babbling brook is heard. a1822 P. B. Shelley Triumph of Life in (1824) 92 That falling stream's Lethean song. 1877 3 Nov. 6 New troops without a military history, who have never heard the song of an enemy's bullets. 1934 June 11/1 The song of the water ceased in his ears. 1956 Nov. 58/2 The sweet cadences of the song of the stream as it rushes along over the pebbles. 2015 (Nexis) 19 Dec. (Life section) 11 The song of this engine at full flap is not to be missed. ?1803 T. L. Morris 8 The leadsman chearly tells the depth along, While the whole ship's responsive to his song. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 638 Song, the call of soundings by the leadsman in the channels. 1906 J. Masefield 175 (title) The Leadsman's Song. 3. the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > song the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus canus (common gull) > sound made by the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > eagles > eagle > cry of eOE (partly from transcript of damaged MS) (2009) xiii. 50 Þonne hi geherað hleoðrum brægdan oðre fugelas, hi heora agne stefne styriað. Stunað eal geador welwynsum sanc. OE tr. Felix (Vercelli) (1909) ii. 108 Ne he mistlice fugelas [read fugela] sangas ne wurþode, swa oft swa cnihtlicu yldo begæð. OE 6 Hwilum gielle swa hafoc, hwilum ic onhyrge þone haswan earn, guðfugles hleoþor, hwilum glidan reorde muþe gemæne, hwilum mæwes song. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 7931 Wop wass uss bitacnedd wel Þurrh cullfre. & turrtle baþe. Forr þeȝȝre sang iss lic wiþþ wop. c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) 221 Þu miȝt mid þine songe afere Alle þat ihereþ þine ibere. a1300 (c1250) (Vitell.) (1966) l. 250 (MED) Þer is fowelene song. c1390 MS Vernon Homilies in (1877) 57 277 Þe brid song..so Murie..þat þenne to ryse mihte he nouht Til þat song weore i brouht to ende. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 201 To the Crowe he stirte..And made hym blak and refte hym al his song. 1484 W. Caxton tr. iv. iv. f. lxix The goddes..haue gyuen..to the nyghtyngale fayr & playsaunt songe. 1552 T. Wilson (rev. ed.) sig. Xvij Self willed folke..vse oft the cuckowes song. 1590 E. Spenser ii. vi. sig. R3v No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetely sing; No song but did containe a louely ditt. 1667 J. Milton v. 41 The night-warbling Bird, that now awake Tunes sweetest his love-labor'd song . View more context for this quotation 1725 R. Bradley at Canary-Bird To make a right choice of this Bird, and to know when he has a good Song. 1774 (Royal Soc.) 63 290 What is called the song of the Canary bird. 1816 J. K. Tuckey (1818) i. 31 A very small warbler, the only one that appeared to have any song. 1834 J. Galt III. ix. 29 He was..speaking with as little pleasantrie to us as the sang of a peacock. 1886 June 93/1 The highest vocalization, although generated in the syrinx, is made into song, in a large degree, by the bird's tongue, its posterior mouth-walls, and the upper extremity of the trachea. 1921 F. S. Mathews (rev. ed.) 209 The song of the Redstart is a very simple and monotonous one generally consisting of seven notes all of a kind, except the last one. 1984 P. Mora 17 I am free Until the rooster's song plunges me Down into my tired bones. 2012 Apr. 7/1 The first bursts of song from either Lesser or Common Whitethroat are warmly anticipated. the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] OE Cynewulf 112 Wulf sang ahof, holtes gehleða. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 317 (MED) Þerfore herdes of þat lond byhedeþ hem [sc. grasshoppers] forto haue þe swetter song. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. xiv. 625 There is a maner grashoppere þat hatte cicada and haþ þat name of canendo ‘syngynge’, for wiþ a ful litil throte he[o] schapiþ a wondirful song. 1586 G. Whitney 175 The ante..harde the grashopper to cease, And all her songes, shee nowe with sighing rues. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto xxxiiii. lxxvi. 286 Then hard he crickets songs like to the verses, The seruant in his masters prayse reherses. 1686 E. Arwaker tr. H. Hugo i. xiii. 68 The Insects then might lengthen too their Song. 1774 O. Goldsmith VII. 332 The little hissing note also of our grasshopper is very different from the song of the cicada, which was louder and far more musical. 1829 A. Cunningham 109 With thee I'd list, the live day long, The green grasshopper's churming song. 1920 May 211 In the pulsing sun-gold of mid-day, broken only by the stinging song of the cicada or the icy splash of the cascade. 1965 J. D. Carthy v. 72 The normal song often serves to hold a band of males together for they may sing duets to each other, as do the males of..the long-horned grasshopper. 1971 R. S. Payne & S. McVay in 13 Aug. 585/3 We describe here one part of the humpbacks' sonic repertoire..a long ‘song’ that recurs in cycles lasting up to 30 minutes and perhaps longer. 1995 Apr. 75/1 The song performed [by a male fruitfly] by fluttering the wing is not very musical to our ears, but it does have a detectable pattern. 2008 D. Rothenberg i. 3 We would never have been inspired to try and save the whale without being touched by its song. 2016 5 Oct. 25/2 The cod's song is made by its swim bladder. At the spawning grounds..a male sings his song to a female. 4. OE (2008) 787 Þara þe of wealle wop gehyrdon, gryreleoð galan Godes andsacan, sigeleasne sang. OE (2008) 2447 Þonne he gyd wrece, sarigne sang, þonne his sunu hangað hrefne to hroðre. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 699 (MED) Of ðis kinge wil we leden song. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxx. 9 Now forsothe I am turned in to the song [L. canticum] of hem. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iii. 14 Y am mad in to scorne to al puple, the song [L. canticum] of them al dai. c1450 Siege Calais (Rome) in (1952) 67 893 At the southwest corner, Of gonnes he had a songe; That anoon he left his place. c1450 (1900) 155 Þe feend makyth his men to synge þe song of helle, þat is, ‘allas & welleaway’. a1500 (?c1300) (Chetham) l. 1232 For sone thy songe shall be: welawey! 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Mark vii. 52 The foresayed songe was songen in vaine to the deafe Phariseis. 1597 W. Shakespeare iv. iv. 438 Out on you owles, nothing but songs off death. View more context for this quotation 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart 76 The ordinarie burthen of their song is, that all the world is naught. 1653 H. Binning (1845) 597 Many listen to the Song of Justification, but they will not abide to hear out all the Song. 1707 in (1817) I. 223 He returned it to the clerk..with this despising and contemning remark, ‘Now there's ane end of ane old song’. 1785 W. Cowper vi. 792 One song employs all nations, and all cry, ‘Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us!’ 1872 A. T. de Vere 124 Shall I lengthen out my days Toothless,..Some losel's song? 1937 L. Hughes Song of Spain in (1995) 195 Blood on the sand Is the song of Spain. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) ii. l. 3012 (MED) Now schalt thou singe an other song. 1532 T. More i. p. xiii When we tell Tyndale and Luther all this yet fare they as though they herde vs not, and styll they synge vs on theyr olde songe that it is ydolatrye to serue god wyth any good workes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cccxciijv It is the self same song, that hath ben songen now many yeres. 1618 R. Brathwait sig. G The Souldier greiu'd; And swore since warre would doe no good, He now would change his sang. a1673 T. Horton (1679) xxxvi. 343/2 To be always treating of one and the same argument, and still upon the same song. 1707 E. Ward 97 It's the same old Song of Stark Love and Kindness, which they have pip'd to each other these many Years. 1786 R. Burns 34 She'll teach you, wi' a reekan whittle, Anither sang. 1822 W. Scott I. ii. 43 Let me catch ye in Barford's Park, I could gar some of ye sing another sang. 1898 J. Teit 40 The Coyote then changed his song, and tried water; but their powers over the water were also equal. 1913 G. B. McCutcheon 214 You've changed your song, my friend. A few weeks ago you were saying he ought to pay it. 1991 S. Butler & C. Wintram vi. 152 The last thing a women's group wants to do is provide yet another source of social pressure for women, in which the words may be different but the song remains the same. 2001 (Nexis) 19 Jan. 1 e It's never the same old song for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) vi. l. 1981 Off al his thoucht he made na sange [a1530 Royal mad na sang], Bot prewaly out of þe thrange Withe slycht he gat. 1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Sept. 499 The Gilpy glowr'd and leuk'd fell blate, To see'r in sic a sang. 1843 II. 9 Thae convocation chiels that are makin' sic a sang aboot their sufferings. 1863 C. E. L. Riddell II. 157 She had foreborne likewise and no one made a song about it. 1899 Shetland News 23 Dec. in at Sang Da wab wisna ta mak' a sang aboot. 1929 July 311 Ye're makin' a sang ower naething. 2008 K. Porteous Gloss. North Northumbrian Fishing Words in B. Griffith 238/1 Ye're mekkin' sic a sang aboot it. 5. A very small or trifling sum, amount, or value; a thing of little worth or importance. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adverb] > at very low price 1596 E. Topsell xii. 232 By the neglect of this pointe it commeth to passe, that great lyuinges are done away for a songe, as the prouerbe is. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 9 I know a man that had this tricke of melancholy hold a goodly Mannor for a song . View more context for this quotation a1639 W. Whately (1640) ii. xxvi. 25 To have so little esteem of the outward means of salvation, as to part with them for a song as we say. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde 270 He retrenches the number of his Servants or their Wages, and would have them serve as they say, for a Song. 1751 H. Walpole (1846) II. 395 The whole-length Vandykes went for a song! 1808 Z. M. Pike i. App. 10 You will perceive that we have obtained about 100000 acres for a song. 1890 A. Jessopp iv. 173 A brief report was published, and may be purchased now for a song. 1913 4 Jan. 46/2 I furnished my house for a song. 1964 Aug. 37/2 The day is fast disappearing when you can pick up this kind of property for a song. 2004 19 Aug. 4 a/4 In past years, I've bought, for a song, a wicker love seat, a telescope, a leather train case and a souvenir Paris powder compact. 1597 G. Phillips sig. A.6 For had they regarded Gods true religion, then should not a company of vnworthy men, haue caried awaie the churches reuenues for an olde song. 1650 H. More Observ. in (1656) 78 Truth is not to be had of God Almighty for an old Song. 1705 (Royal Soc.) 24 1997 An old Book might be bought for an old Song, (as we say). 1796 (ed. 3) (at cited word) It was bought for an old song, i.e. very cheap. 1889 T. A. Trollope III. 32 They were acquired ‘for an old song’. 1942 29 Apr. 2/4 They would not sell it for an old song. 2012 (Nexis) 27 Sept. Swathes of public assets are being flogged off for an old song. society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum 1698 7 The Free holders had but an old Song for their Money. 1728 38 Some Folks in Grandeur us'd to move along, Now in Thread-bare Coats are seen, not worth a Song. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland ii. xxix. 53 Oh, fly, Sir! or your life's not worth a song! 1824 Ld. Byron lix. 93 The cost would be a trifle—an ‘old song’ Set to some thousands. 1854 ‘M. Harland’ xxvi Some care, some responsibility—that is a mere song, though. 1879 ‘H. Stretton’ II. 208 It was a pretty place once, but now it's hardly worth an old song. 1923 24 Nov. 436/2 There was no very spirited bidding for this lot, which was knocked down for a mere song to a nature's gentleman in reach-me-downs. 1951 31 Jan. 2/2 A..mule he bought one day at a street sale for a mere song. 2016 (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Floridian section) 3 By Florida standards, some might call it a creek, a minor waterway, hardly worth a song. Phrases P1. a. society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > song of Solomon OE Ælfric (Laud) 37 Seo þridde [boc] ys gecweden Cantica Canticorum, þæt segð on Englisc ‘ealra sanga fyrmest’.] a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. i. (heading) Heer gynneth the booc that is clepid Songus of Songis [altered from Song of Songis]. c1400 (Laud) 15 (MED) Þis song of þe Bok of Songes I haue told forto knowe þe bettere þi gostly wittes of þi soule. 1553 sig. D.vj The thirde is the booke of Canticles... It is called The song of songes. 1611 Song of Sol. i. 1 The song of songs, which is Solomons. View more context for this quotation 1781 A. Francis Prelim. Disc. p. ii The Song of Songs is no human composition, but the work of an inspired penman. 1803 J. M. Good (title) Song of Songs: or, Sacred Idyls. Translated from The Original Hebrew. 1880 6 260/2 The bride and her companions of the bath have supper together, and love songs, not unlike the Song of Songs, are sung. 1901 11 531 The most important and most interesting folk-poetry preserved in the Bible is the Song of Songs, a collection of love-songs and bridal-hymns. 1967 R. Rendell (1970) vi. 78 As a schoolboy, Drayton had read the Song of Songs, hoping for something salacious. 2004 (Nexis) 29 Mar. (Metropolitan section 17) Of all the books included in the Bible, Song of Songs is perhaps the most astonishing given the erotic nature of its poetry. b. society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > song of Solomon 1548 W. Lynne tr. Urbanus Regius sig. Hiijv Hygh songe of Salomon. Canticum Canticorum. 1568 (headline) The songue of Solomon. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in 7 He nameth..the book of Psalmes,..and the Song of Salomon. 1611 Song of Sol. i. 1 (heading) Solomons song . View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton 38 The Scripture..affords us a divine pastoral Drama in the Song of Salomon. 1781 T. Warton III. xxxvi. 317 There were numerous versions of Solomon's Song before the year 1600. 1828 June 241/2 If Solomon's Song be an Divine allegory..it bears very hard upon both these positions. 1856 S. Davidson ii. 19 The song of Deborah exhibits such [dialectal] appearances. So does the Song of Solomon. 1880 XI. 845/2 The mystic dwelling on the amours of Krishna and the Gopīs of Braj has been often compared to the mystical interpretation of the Song of Solomon. 1926 H. L. Mencken Let. 24 Aug. in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt (1987) 262 I can only point to the Song of Solomon II, 5. 1968 T. B. Stroup ii. 30 After Adam has, to waken her, whispered his imitation of the Song of Solomon into Eve's ear, the newly spoused say their Morning Prayer. 2016 (Nexis) 14 Feb. 32 The Song of Solomon, which has some of the loveliest words in the Bible, reminds us that love itself is everlasting. P2. song and dance n. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > song and dance 1613 T. Campion sig. A4 A Song and Dance of sixe, two Keepers, two Robin-hood-men, the fantastick Traueller, and the Cynick. 1866 26 Aug. (advt.) The Original Song and Dance Man, Banko Soloist, and American Jig Dancer. 1872 S. Hale 16 Jan. (1918) iii. 78 He did a ‘Song and Dance’, two, in fact. 1872 13 Oct. 5/6 First week of the distinguished song and dance artists. 1895 23 Nov. 13/3 The first double song and dance team was comprised of Wash Norton and Ben Cotton. 1940 Apr. 36/2 I practiced my song-and-dance act for weeks. 1959 R. Longrigg iv. 58 So up she pops from hell or wherever, just the time for a bit of song and dance. 2012 June 82/3 Short skits mixed with song and dance numbers and lots of slapstick. the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > elaborately contrived story 1885 25 Jan. 6/5 Down on the street I met a young feller and gives him a song an' dance about a having some sick kids to care for. 1895 E. W. Townsend 6 Den 'is whiskers gives me a song an' dance. 1900 B. Matthews 9 And it ain't a song-and-dance I'm giving you either. 1958 E. Dundy iii. vi. 266 If only he hadn't felt obliged to make such a song and dance about it. 1980 J. Ditton ii. ii. 132 The Prime Minister wants to make a song and dance about it. 2011 T. Ronald (2012) xiii. 193 We've got his birthday to get through next week. I suppose he'll expect us all to make a big song and dance about that. P3. society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > instrumental piece 1838 3 May 19 The cavatina, the song without words, stands out amidst the heap of arpeggios, with a pensive melancholy as pure and tender as moonlight. 1871 S. Smiles viii. 219 Cheerfulness..gives harmony of soul, and is a perpetual song without words. 1938 885/1 Song without words, a term introduced by Mendelssohn to cover a type of one-movement pianoforte solo, throughout which a well-marked song-like melody progresses, with an accompaniment. 1960 H. Peyre in S. Burnshaw 39/2 This ‘song without words’ is a memorable achievement in literary impressionism. 2009 40 445 Banks applies the name ‘consort recercare’ to a third genre (called ‘song without words’ or ‘instrumental chanson’). P4. 1853 13 These people lend out their birds to the nobility..and when any of their stud fall off song, the parties are supplied with others. 1889 16 Sept. 73/1 Give you Pisgah Grapes did she, when there's heaps of cold scran left from the cold collection? She ain't a bad un mostly, only a little off song. 1890 22 Feb. 1/2 Elizabeth's bag was a trifle off song... Its inner arrangements had somehow gone wrong. 1927 5 Oct. 8/7 (advt.) If you are feeling ‘off song’, you must try it [sc. the medicine]. 1953 23 May 838/2 The robin, for example, is off song for a relatively short period in late autumn. 1974 P. Schilling v. 95/2 The bike was reputed to be so sensitive to the weather that riders joked about the engine going off-song when a cloud intercepted the sun. 2007 (Nexis) 19 Aug. White was certainly not the only visiting player off song and therein lay Rangers' problems. 2015 (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Extra section) 27 I've been ordered to take off my hat because anything—a red sunhat, the flash of a camera, could put the birds off-song. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > in good condition 1967 27 Dec. 10/1 The close and even spacing of the ratios..make it easy to keep the engine ‘on full song’ during hard driving. 1971 21 Aug. 16/1 As the table reveals, most of the leading unit trust managers have at least one fund that is ‘on song’. 1981 11 Apr. 23/2 If you are on song nothing will break your concentration. 2015 (Nexis) 5 Feb. (Sport section) 18 I like to start out from winter on full song so there shouldn't be such a big shock to the system when the main season hots up. the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] 1862 22 Oct. With smiles on my lip and a song in my heart. 1930 L. Hart 4 With a song in my heart;—I behold your adorable face. 1978 9 Jan. 13/1 Does the lending rate come down? Then every conservative owner-occupier has a song in his heart. 2001 L. Rennison 18 He is mine miney mine mine. There is a song in my heart. Compounds C1. a. OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt (1959) 14 Camena : sangpipe. OE (Tiber.) (1993) xxxvii. 75 Quicquid ad cantilenam illius noctis pertinet : loce hwæt to sangdreame þære nihte gebyrige. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ sig. G4v Ye Graces three, and Elements foure on hie: Ye senses fiue, sixe song noates; Sciences seauen. 1763 J. Brown iv. 36 While these..Savages continue in their present unlettered State.., no material Improvements in their Song-Feasts can arise. 1845 W. Stevenson in I. 84 It is only from the full..heart that a song-stream of devotion can freely flow. 1876 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 176 So tiny a trickle of sóng-strain. 1884 R. Jefferies 60 The song-talk of the finches rises and sinks like the tinkle of a waterfall. 1924 21 377 Lafitau has an elaborate description of the song feast. 1982 N. Cazden et al. iv. 145 Folklorists seem to have overlooked this natural process, of which the results have surely helped to increase the difficulty of sorting out song strains. 2014 F. Ritchie & D. Orr 1/1 We must listen and look more carefully today for her family's song stream. (b) 1777 Apr. 171/2 The air..has a mixture of the elegant and pathetic, which it would be difficult to rival by any song composition of the ablest masters. 1882 (8th Sess., 1881–2) 61 The Goethian lyrics mark a new era in song-composition. 1947 A. Einstein xiv. 191 The procession of musicians who contributed to Romantic song-composition. 2013 57 523 A brief prefatory essay describing provenance, song composition, and text interpretation. 1856 J. Forbes i. 16 A great Song-contest (Sängerkampf) of the Minnesingers took place in the year 1207. 1957 1 Mar. 11/2 It seems unlikely that Sunday's Eurovision Song Contest from Frankfurt will sunder the Continent. 1988 Jan. 43/1 Although his entry in the '86 CBC Halifax song contest won, Hynes was disqualified because the competition was restricted to Maritime residents. 2007 (National ed.) 22 Apr. ii. 6/1 ‘Riverdance’..went from being a seven-minute interval act for a televised song contest in 1994 to grossing $1 billion worldwide. eOE tr. Bede (Tanner) iv. xxv. 342 He nales from monnum..gelæred wæs, þæt he þone leoðcræft leornade, ac he wæs godcundlice gefultumed & þurh Godes gife þone songcræft [OE Corpus Cambr. sangcræft; L. canendi donum] onfeng. OE 132 Biþ þæs hleoðres sweg eallum songcræftum swetra ond wlitigra ond wynsumra wrenca gehwylcum. a1767 E. Lye (1772) II Sanȝ-cræft, song-craft. 1828 R. Thomson I. ii. 75 What if ye give us a spell of your song-craft now, Sir Priest? 1855 H. W. Longfellow Introd. 8 A half-effaced inscription, Written with little skill of song-craft. 1990 7 Aug. 55/3 An all but perfect admixture of blues intensity, Beatles-esque songcraft, and Everly Brothers harmonizing. 2009 Sept. 127/2 The odd moment of embarrassment..does not obscure the band's glorious songcraft. 1879 19 Sept. 7/1 The ‘Highland Mary’..of Robert Burns's finest song lyric, and purest heart love. 1944 C. Day Lewis vi. 61 The chief thing which poets took over from the song-lyric and preserved in the new lyrical poetry was..‘singleness of mind’. 2006 24 June 40/1 This is the song lyric that Lloyd Webber considers one of the most memorable ever. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus iii. ii. 70 Song-Musicke [L. Cantus] both plaine and Mensurall, becommeth the most religious, that they may both sing praises to God, and make themselues merry at fit times of recreation. 1884 Mar. 537/2 Two pieces of song-music. 1916 C. J. Sharp p. xiv The popular song-music of the past. 2004 E. Koço 251 His accompaniments..were presented to Albanian audiences as refined models of urban song music. 1893 J. R. Gregory 13 Complete the song sequence with, ‘Hush-a-bye birdies, I'll sing you a song’. 1947 A. Einstein xiv. 187 With Op. 24, the Heine song-sequence, he [sc. Schumann] began to write lieder. 2011 (Nexis) 11 June (Review section) 3 The song sequence was convincing, with great transitions, such as the bouncing five-tune medley from Cats leading to the solitary Memory. 1837 82 General habits and synopsis of the song sheet. 1967 A. L. Lloyd i. 29 The countless Sorrowful Lamentations of hanged men did not become anchored in tradition..perhaps because the song-sheets bearing these effusions are of late appearance. 2015 (Nexis) 11 Dec. 12 There were few traditional carols on the song sheet. 1852 G. A. Sala in 8 May 180/1 Song titles glowing in gold and colours. 1959 I. Gershwin 111 Among the notes in this book are a number of references to, and experiences and experiments with, song titles. 2004 (National ed.) 22 Feb. ii. 5/4 The show offers an alternative vision of American dreamers—or, as one song title puts it, ‘Another National Anthem’. 1696 W. Derham ii. 48 The Song-tune following, hath 24 Barrs of triple time. 1809 E. Cutler Diary 28 Aug. in J. P. Cutler (1890) v. 98 Very soon a man began to sing a hymn in a familiar song-tune. 1967 A. L. Lloyd iii. 139 As feudal society gives way to capitalism..recitative melodies are replaced by song-tunes. 2008 I. 610/2 Instrumental dance tunes often begin with song tunes before launching into instrumental variations. ?1780 R. Lewis I. vi. 65 Thus sing our modern song-wrights too. 1892 23 July 124/3 He places Herrick above Shakspeare as a song-wright. 1916 Jan. 431 No one, not the song-wright himself, could claim that that stanza..was anything but prose versified. 1940 H. V. D. Dyson & J. Butt iii. 79 Most were brilliant refurbishings of ancient Scottish numbers: for Burns as song-wright, preferring the life and world he knew best, turned again to the folk-airs and dance tunes. 1987 4 Dec. (Pasatiempo Suppl.) 2/3 Local songwright Jim Terr is peddling a new sound, Hello, Mr. Gorbachev (Blue Canyon Music), which was recorded in Madrid. b. ?1714 N. Rowe Prol. sig. 3 Those venerable ancient Song-Enditers Soar'd many a Pitch above our modern Writers. 1855 P. J. Bailey 32 Song-fraught wavelets lipped with light. 1859 Ld. Lytton (ed. 2) 205 Take from the wall now, my song-tuned Lyre. a1876 J. Addis (1879) 94 Circled with Mænads' song-timed, dance-timed bounds. 1885 W. B. Yeats in July 137 A wandering song-rapt bird. 1937 E. Blunden 15 The flight of one small song-wild lark Finds heaven. 1960 34 411/2 Grenada, the fresh, romantic, song-tuned echo of the Russian Civil War. 2013 21 Oct. 20/2 This song-filled early sound film is a virtual war musical. (b) 1965 30 July 12/3 The other song-based review..is called Leonard Bernstein's Theatre Songs. 1999 F. Vallely 141/2 British folk clubs are still song based. 2015 (Nexis) 8 Oct. 11 The song-based set naturally veers towards..R&B textures. 1804 J. Aikin et al. V. 367/2 In 1748 he removed to London, and passed two years under the tuition of Mr. Travers, organist to the king's chapel, and an eminent song-composer. 1947 A. Einstein xiv. 184 There were no Italian song-composers. 2015 (Nexis) 9 Nov. (Goings on about town section) 6 Schubert could be the official song composer of Lincoln Center. 1565 W. Alley Index sig. CCc*.ii/2 Wanton songe makers worse then witches. 1787 R. Burns 1 June (2001) I. 120 It's true, she's as poor 's a Sang-maker. 1892 E. Reeves 10 The rich..harmonies of later songmakers. 1983 B. Netti ii. 35 The development of a class of specifically designated and somewhat professional song-makers. 2015 (Nexis) 12 Nov. 20 The song-maker of the National Theatre production. 1966 Dec. 63/1 The listening program is song-oriented. 1998 S. Reynolds i. 28 DJ Pierre..became a major exponent of New York's song-oriented deep house sound, ‘garage’. 2010 6 Dec. 18/2 Brueggergosman returns for a song-oriented wrap-up concert. ?1593 H. Chettle sig. G3 Here hath beene a coile indeede with lewd song singers, drench giuers, detracters, players. 1733 8 Dec. Clerks of kitchens, song-singers, horse-racers, valets-de-chambre. 1882 T. C. Garland vi. 107 (heading) The new band of song-singers. 2005 B. A. Silj 261 The disappearance of the old song-singers should be cause for concern. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace II. iii. x. 53 Thy Husband, who gives up his Heart for a Ditty To a Song-singing Wench. 1748 A. Hooke i. 29 This year a Holy War broke out between the Abbat of Glastonbury, and his Monks, about a Point of no less Importance than Song-Singing. 1839 D. D. Black vii. 157 Zealous song-singing ladies. 1848 W. Allingham 26 Sept. (1907) ii. 43 Dine at Peter Kelly's,..much song-singing afterwards. 1938 J. Schrank & ‘N. West’ Good Hunting in ‘N. West’ (1997) iii. 620 The men in the trenches with me are Bavarians—no longer beer drinking, song singing burghers. 2004 (Nexis) 7 June 1 Watson felt that song singing was a way to build character. C2. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > ballad 1832 6 Apr. It would be just as applicable to attach, by way of proviso, to this bill, a song ballad. 1863 J. Cotton (1951) 76 I got a song ballet from you it is a very good peace of poetry. 1890 Mar. 64/1 Very little liberty is to be taken with the melodic or rhythmic character of the song-ballad. 1912 25 22 The ballad in its true estate is sung or chanted, not spoken, still less read; certainly in America it is always a ‘song-ballad’. 1938 15 June 6/7 Visitors will join the mountaineers to sing their ‘song ballets’. 2001 T. P. Lynch i. 19 May's ‘song ballets’, as she called them, emanated from such a bitter life. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > song and dance 1934 D. Ewen 163/2 The Czechoslovakian idiom in his music has been made apparent in such recent works as Spalicek, which the composer calls a ‘song-ballet in three acts and ten pictures’. 1962 W. H. Auden (1963) 484 We have translated..Brecht's text for the song-ballet Die sieben Todsünden with music by Kurt Weill. 2012 C. H. Porter i. 35 This song-ballet offered a foretaste of the grand ballets of Ulrich and Löwe. the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > neck or throat > voice organ or part of 1892 J. A. Thomson xxiv. 508 Of importance are the complex muscles associated with the song-box. 1917 19 161 One way of answering it is to study the mechanism of the throat and learn the parts of that mysterious little song-box called the syrinx. 2009 J. L. Davis 168 The syrinx, or song box as it is sometimes called to distinguish it from the mammalian voice box, is located where the trachea joins the two bronchi at the lungs. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > series or collection of songs 1870 16 Dec. 4/1 In a short preface Mr. Tennyson tells us that his ‘song-cycle’ is four years old. 1899 3 May 3/3 Two song-cycles made up his programme yesterday. 1942 E. Blom x. 168 Arthur Somervell's settings of poems from Tennyson's ‘Maud’, which have remained among the world's few great song-cycles. 2008 3 Nov. 32/1 A birthday concert that features ‘Ashberyana,’ his powerful song cycle set to poems by John Ashbery. 1889 7 154 The song-duel between the defeated Joukaheinen and the storm-begotten Wäinnämöinen in the third rune of the Kalevala. 1911 F. B. Gummere iv. 201 The song-duels, such as appeared in classical Amabœan verse but can be still heard in their rude estate among the modern Eskimos. 1963 17 Aug. (Nat. ed.) 14/4 The club's entertainers..staged a counter-protest—coming outside the club and engaging the church group in a song duel. 1970 J. L. Briggs 342 Such ridicule often took the form of ‘song duels’ in which the object was to outdo one's opponent in mocking verse while the community applauded. 2005 (Electronic ed.) Winter Such performances featured song duels between calypsonians that could lead to confrontations. 2013 D. P. Fry i. 14 The context and rules of song duels allow potentially dangerous conflicts to be dealt with in a playful way. the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > specific type of 1839 W. Macgillivray II. 158 Its ordinary flight is very like that of the Redwing and Fieldfare; and its song-flight has some affinity to that of the Titlark. 1936 E. M. Nicholson & L. Koch 9 Song-flight is an extra means of making the singer temporarily as conspicuous as possible. 1961 A. J. Berger vi. 186 Song, song flights, and other special displays serve an orientation function: they attract a female to the male's territory or to a nest site. 2013 (Nexis) 17 Oct. 20 The female hides her nest among rocks or in crevices, and the male rises and falls in a song flight above her head. society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > form > [noun] > specific 1746 4 Jan. Another Writer throws out a little Squib (in the Song Form) full pert, but utterly void of Reasoning, against the Opera. 1867 7 346/2 I had the pleasure of hearing her sing..the celebrated Invitation a la Valse of Weber, which she has arranged in song form. 1884 R. Prentice 4 The simplest song-form is constructed on two or three sentences only. 1946 R. Blesh (1949) v. 109 The blues are essentially a song form. 2010 N. Reyland in I. Inglis xiv. 213 Recurring stylistic features including the use of song formsand other simple structures. the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound 1877 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 71 Not that the sweet-fowl, song-fowl, needs no rest. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > singing game 1874 26 Aug. 151/2 We have song games..which have the hidden purpose of training muscle as well as teaching time and tune. 1944 K. Duncan & D. F. Nickols vi. 58 The younger Raffertys looked on while the older ones led off in song games on the greensward in front of their house. 1977 H. F. Robison x. 340 Some games require remembering a series of actions in sequence, as in the song-game, ‘The Farmer in the Dell’. 2013 A. Minks iv. 81 Mariana immediately rattled off the names of several song games. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > miscellaneous types of 1839 J. J. Audubon 132 Coccoborus, Song-Grosbeak. Coccoborus cæruleus, Blue Song-Grosbeak. 1884 E. Coues (ed. 2) iii. 389 Z[amelodia] ludoviciana, Rose-breasted Song Grosbeak... Z. melanocephala, Black-headed Song Grosbeak. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > popular song 1888 3 Dec. 5/2 Probably the most fortunate of all popular song-writers..is Frank Howard, whose income from his first song hit, ‘Only a Pansy Blossom’, is said to have been more than $3,000 in a single year. 1918 Feb. 83 (advt.) All the song-hits of the moment. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ 9 Pop, pop music, popular entertainment music as typified by the ‘song-hit’. 2003 (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Timeout section) 36 Together they sing and harmonize one song hit after another, ranging from ‘Mr. Sandman’ to ‘Mr. Lee.’ 1854 ‘J. Ackerlos’ tr. H. Heine viii. 13 In my own heart is sitting The song-leader [Ger. Kapellenmeister] of the grove. 1884 10 Sept. 2/2 O. M. Holland was called upon to serve as song leader..in Rev. Isberg's congregation. 1939 18 May 16/3 They all gathered round the song leader in a great square. 2007 W. C. Hogan 39 She was well regarded for her ability as a song leader in church. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > motet 1942 H. Hewitt vi. 69 A few ‘song-motets’ find a place in the Odhecaton. 1974 2 219 Some of his [sc. Dufay's] most elegant Latin compositions..are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and their treble-dominated texture and lyrical charm..explain why they are called song-motets. 2003 59 747/2 Although chansons were the most common model for this practice, Si placet parts also are found in the song motet and in Italian, German, Spanish, and Flemish secular songs. 1851 19 52 I am strongly inclined to believe that this section does not possess the song-muscles. 1916 J. N. Baskett xxx. 211 Others think the thrushes the highest [birds], because of the perfection of song muscles and the scaleless condition of the shank. 1995 198 721/1 Gryllidae and Tettigonidae use the elytro-elytral method for stridulation, in which each contraction of the ‘song’ muscles is converted into vibrations of a higher frequency. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ sig. G4v Ye Graces three, and Elements foure on hie: Ye senses fiue, sixe song noates; Sciences seauen. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne ii. xii. 268 Nightingales teach their yoong-ones to sing... The yong-ones will very sadly sit recording their lesson, and are often seene laboring how to imitate certaine song-notes. 1842 XXII. 429/1 Audible sound, which may possess the distinctions of song-notes (musical sounds). 1928 1 222 The few musical notes added to the lines of Sumerian liturgies clearly refer to instrumental or song notes. 2005 122 449/2 The song of S. stilesi is considerably faster..and the individual song notes are single and mainly upstrokes. the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > perching > perching or resting place > song-perch 1891 Oct. 230 You must learn to recognize him without driving him from his song-perch. 1975 I. Rowley v. 61 The kookaburra defends a large area, but in particular a number of song perches. 2013 R. Williamson 54 They have to pause, look round for predators, and move to a fresh song-perch. the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > song > time of or defined by time the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > when an animal behaves a specific way or is hunted 1884 Jan. 61 The first of these song-periods is that of the spring migration and the breeding season. 1961 A. J. Berger vi. 171 Many species have a short song period (post-breeding) after the molt has been completed. 2005 R. Burton (2007) vi. 63/1 Most garden residents have a much longer song period than the Blackbird. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform repeatedly society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [verb (transitive)] > plug > a song 1927 22 Sept. 9/3 ‘Clap Yo' Hands’ must have been song-plugged for ten minutes right off... ‘Do-Do-Do’ is another song-plugged number. 1927 6 Nov. 5/6 The Salvation Army certainly used to borrow music-hall songs for their hymn tunes, but not everybody likes references to ‘Satan’ song-plugged to knee drill. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [adjective] > performed repeatedly society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [adjective] > capable of being plugged > plugged as a song 1927 22 Sept. 9/3 ‘Clap Yo' Hands’ must have been song-plugged for ten minutes right off... ‘Do-Do-Do’ is another song-plugged number. society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > song-plugger society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > by persistent repetition > plugging of song > one who 1906 H. Green 84 There was a fresh song-plugger with an elongated nose, a noisy-looking agent and a sidewalk comedian who sometimes worked. 1927 May 437/1 Song pluggers are..vocalists lent by the music publishers to the dance bands just for the nights on which these bands are due to broadcast, and, of course, sing only their employer's numbers. 1976 R. Sanders in D. Villiers 208 Gershwin..embarked upon his musical career at sixteen as a Tin Pan Alley song plugger and composer. 2006 4 Apr. 30/4 In 1937 he took a job as a song plugger for Sun music publishers. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > performing repeatedly society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > by persistent repetition > plugging of song 1908 19 Dec. 9/1 The acceptance of remuneration for ‘song plugging’ should be beneath the dignity of an artist. 1927 6 Oct. 8/5 Think of musical comedy without song-plugging! 1972 P. Black i. iii. 29 The song-plugging wave did not recede until 1948, when the BBC and the publishers managed to draw up an agreement. 2011 (Nexis) 25 Feb. e2 He..became involved with song-plugging, promoting the songs to people on [sic] the music industry. 1884 8 Nov. 5/2 How the well-known song-poem glorifies the humble subject of the ‘Village Blacksmith’! 1913 Dec. 119/1 (advt.) Song poems wanted. 1934 L. Adamic xii. 227 The song-poems are..a vast depository of the wisdom of Balkan Slavs and a moral code expressed in vivid images. 1978 J. Warner i. 1 The term ‘musical compositions’ does now include song poems or other works consisting of words with no music. 1997 O. Trager 62/2 Its language, sweep, compassion, and universality make it one of Dylan's most profound song-poems. 2003 (Nexis) 9 Feb. ii. 27/1 For decades, people have been sending in lyrics, also known as song-poems, to faraway post office boxes. 2016 (Nexis) 12 Nov. 37 A Canadian poet, novelist and songwriter whose erudite and self-aware song-poems found an instant audience in the more literate of the hippy generation. the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > perching > perching or resting place > song-perch 1931 G. B. Pickwell Prairie Horned Lark in 27 45 Nine times out of ten he drops directly onto a favorite song post. 1982 R. Hinde (1986) i. 22 The fighting is at first centred on certain perches which the [chaffinch] males use as song posts. 2006 Aug. 118/1 Cuckoos may use such trees as songposts. 1850 Aug. 128 The ‘Winter Night’—a song-story of simple sorrow, worthy of being placed beside Tennyson's ‘Mariana at the Moated Grange’. 1942 7 Feb. 63/3 With a smooth-flowing melody and a song story to fit, Woody Herman matches the mood both in music and song. 1976 24 Jan. 5/1 ‘Hurricane’ is the song-story of the case of Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. 2006 A. Oldfield 203 When making up his song-story.., Damien became very involved and excited. society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > other singers 1931 7 Nov. Soon Chicago, his proving ground, was calling him ‘America's Song Stylist’. 1973 24 Mar. 7/1 Elaine Brown, community activist..is also a musician, composer, lyricist and song stylist. 2015 (Nexis) 27 Nov. (Timeout section 12) Theo Ubique Theatre salutes one of the country's great song stylists with its new show. 1862 tr. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in 1 Mar. 377/3 O Rebecca, can you not procure and send me some song texts [Ger. Liedertexte]? 1988 P. Manuel (1990) iv. 134 His song-texts generally concern love. 2015 (Nexis) 27 Sept. 4 g The Jumbotrons lit up with song text, and people starting singing. society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > time of service 1853 D. Rock III. ii. 14 If wayfaring..had hindered him from being with his brethren at public song-tide in the house of God. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] 1842 XXII. 431/2 The glottis must be disciplined.., and proceed gradually from the song-voice to that of speech. 1979 (Nexis) 9 Dec. g10 He is able to match precisely articulated pop lyrics with the wrenchingly melismatic song voice of a high baritone gospel singer. 2006 C. R. Hyde 39 ‘S'what they're there for,’ she says, purposely imitating my song voice. Derivatives 1720 A. Hill i. 32 It [sc. Pindaric Verse] wears a song-like familiar Kind of Air. 1862 F. W. Faber i. 128 Songlike breezes ever blowing. 1989 P. van der Merwe (1992) xvii. 147 There are two aspects to this ‘sing song’, the rhythmic and melodic..if both are made completely songlike, the result is song. 2004 26 July 88/3 Yeats's more songlike verses. 1856 C. Patmore Espousals i, in II. 12 More Song-worthy and heroic things Than..War. 2014 Summer 22/2 It's only when someone starts to write about your place that you realise it's song worthy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Songn.2adj.  Brit.  /sɒŋ/, /sʊŋ/, U.S. /sɔŋ/, /sɑŋ/, /sʊŋ/Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Chinese. Apparently partly also a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Chinese Sòng, Sung; Latin Sunga. Etymology: < Chinese Sòng (pronounced /suŋ/ with falling tone; Wade-Giles transcription Sung), apparently originally (in α. forms) via post-classical Latin Sunga, with addition of an inflectional ending ( M. Martini Novus Atlas Sinensis (1655), often in Sunga familia Song dynasty).In Northern Song after Chinese Běi Sòng ( < běi north + Sòng ); in Southern Song after Chinese Nán Sòng ( < nán south + Sòng ). With the α. forms compare (apparently also via Latin) French †Sunga (1659 or earlier; now Song), Dutch †Sunga (1660 or earlier; now Song), German †Sunga (1656 or earlier; now Song). A. n.2society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [noun] > specific Chinese or Mongol members of 1657 S. Clarke 40 The Tartars wholly conquered that potent Empire, extinguished the imperially [sic] family of the Sunga's. 1738 tr. J. B. Du Halde I. 206 (heading) The Nineteenth Dynasty, call'd Song [Fr. nommée Song]. 1770 J. Priestley (ed. 2) 94 He attacked the Song in 1235. 1869 Dec. 178/2 It was rebuilt in the reign of the emperor Kau-tsung, the first emperor of the southern Sungs. 1893 D. C. Boulger v. 57 The folly of the Sungs had completed the discomfiture of the Kins. 1977 26 May 21/2 (advt.) To the Sung, poetry was a part of everyday life. 2010 23 Dec. 85/3 The Yuan was a bad time for poetry, particularly in contrast with the Song. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > Chinese porcelain 1937 E. Linklater xii. 222 I've plenty of things to show you, Ming, Sung, pictures, anything you like. 1996 R. D. Mowry 263/2 The collectors of Song and later periods understood that too frequent use would ruin their ancient bronzes. B. adj. ( attributive). society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > dynasty > [adjective] > other specific Asian 1759 V. ii. x. 29 Educated by a great mandarin of the Song empire. 1831 No. 1. 28 Hwuy-tsung, an Emperor of the Sung Dynasty. 1876 A. W. Franks 13 Crackled vases were called Tsui-khi-yao, under the southern Sung dynasty. 1925 B. Rackham in R. Fry et al. 16 A further wide expansion of craftsmanship is shown by the manifold variety of wares of the Sung period. 1958 W. Willetts I. iii. 133 The Sung Emperors wanted to surround themselves with examples of ancient high art. 2004 Summer 7 During the Song dynasty (960–1279), painting, poetry, calligraphy and antiquarianism were the pursuits of an expanding class of scholar officials while the country as a whole enjoyed a vigorous economy, of which the ceramics industry was a flourishing part. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > non-European periods or movements > [adjective] > Chinese 1885 12 171 The angular forms..of the Sung dynasty, usually called the Sung-pan..or ‘Sung-block’ printing. 1906 R. Fry 2 Dec. (1972) I. 275 He's got..some first-rate early Chinese Sung pieces. 1961 19 May 9/7 The European eye cannot fail to respond to what it would call the romanticism of Sung landscapes. 2008 (Nexis) 5 Mar. 13 The prose..glows like the glaze on Sung porcelain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1eOE n.2adj.1657 |