† sourdetn.
Obsolete.
(See quot. 1611 and sourdine n.)
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sordine1591
sourdet1611
sourdine?1779
mute1841
wah-wah mute1925
straight mute1926
plunger1934
plunger mute1935
cup mute1955
harmon mute1955
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sourdine, a Sourdet; the little pipe, or tenon put into the mouth of a Trumpet, to make it sound low.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sordine or Sordet, the little Pipe or Tenon, put into the mouth of a Trumpet, to make it sound low; also a kinde of hoarse or low sounding Trumpet.
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