spinetn.¹

Brit.

/spɪˈnɛt/,

/ˈspɪnɪt/, U.S.

/ˈspɪnᵻt/

Forms: α. 1600s– spinette, 1700s spinnette. β. 1600s–1800s spinnet. γ. 1700s spinett, 1700s– spinet.

Etymology: < older French espinette (1522; modern French épinette ), = Italian spinetta , -etto . Spanish espineta , Portuguese espineta , modern Latin spineta (a1558 Scaliger Poet. i. xlviii). Compare espinette n.According to Scaliger spineta was formed on Latin spīna, with reference to the crow-quills which had been introduced into the mechanism. This, however, would be an unusual application of spīna, and greater probability attaches to the explanation given by A. Banchieri in 1608, that the name was derived from the inventor of the instrument, Giovanni Spinetti of Venice, whose name Banchieri had seen on a spinet dated 1503. See Grove's Dict. Music s.v.

1. A keyed musical instrument, common in England in the 18th century, closely resembling the harpsichord, but smaller and having only one string to each note.A full description of the various kinds of spinet is given in Grove's Dict. Music s.v.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > spinet

spinet1664

espinette1668

α.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 1 July (1971) V. 194 One Cheswicke, a maister who plays very well upon the Spinette.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 229 When the Spinette came they set it upon the Table in the midst of the Room.

1761 Ann. Reg., Chron. 128 Father de la Borde, the inventor of the electrical spinette.

1763 T. Jefferson Writings (1892) I. 352 I am vastly pleased with her playing on the spinnette and singing.

1874 T. Archer Sword & Shuttle i, in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 250/1 A spinette in the corner of the room was open.

1886 E. Marshall Tower on Cliff iv. 52 It is not every woman can..play on the spinette.

β. 1696 H. Purcell (title) A choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnet.1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 32 When Miss delights in her Spinnet, A Fidler may a Fortune get.1786 Ann. Reg., Chron. 207/2 The strings of a spinnet were heard to vibrate.1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xii. 118 An old woman, sitting whole hours jingling with that paralytic chattel a spinnet.1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 168 [She] had once been a proficient on the spinnet, but there was no spinnet to be had.γ. 1702 R. Steele Funeral ii. 28 There's the Spinet Mr. Campley, I know you're Musical.1773 J. Adams Wks. (1850) II. 323 The young ladies..entertained us upon the spinet, &c.1810 A. Boswell Edinburgh 26 While ‘Nancy Dawson’, ‘Sandie o'er the lee’..Ring on the jingling spinet or guitar.1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. v. 74 He had fitted up an old spinet, until it awoke into life, in these latter days of Collards and Broadwoods.1889 E. Brinsmead Hist. Pianoforte 94 The English spinet was similar to the virginal except in its shape.

2. U.S. In full spinet piano. A type of small piano.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano

grand pianoforte1784

square pianoforte1787

grand piano1795

cottage pianoforte1816

cottage piano1824

table piano1827

table pianoforte1827

tin kettle1827

grand1830

piccolo1831

Broadwood1832

semi-grand1835

pianino1848

cottage1850

square piano1853

street piano1855

upright1860

pianette1862

digitorium1866

Steinway1875

baby grand1879

square1882

tin pan1882

honky-tonk piano1934

minipiano1934

spinet1936

prepared piano1940

ravalement1959

rinky-tink1961

miniature1974

Mozart piano1980

1936 Arts & Decoration Jan. 30/1 The spinet pianos are inviting musical instruments. Their design, suitable to the modern apartment or small house, delights the decorator and the owner.

1937 Etude Music Mag. Dec. 803/3 In a few months manufacturers had worked out many refinements in the popular vertical pianos, which came to be known under the generic terms of ‘consoles’ or ‘spinets’.

1970 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music (rev. ed.) 804/2 Spinet,..a piano with strings perpendicular to the keyboard (as in an upright piano) but with an indirect action.

1977 J. Philips Five Roads to Death (1978) i. ii. 31 There was a little spinet piano in one corner.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1703 R. Steele Tender Husband iii. ii Madam, your Spinet Master is come.

1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 656/1 Stephen Keene was a well-known spinet-maker.

1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 656/1 His spinets..reached the highest perfection of spinet tone possible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spinetn.²

Etymology: < Latin spīnētum ( < spīna thorn) or Italian spineto.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspinet.

Obsolete exc. archaic.

A thicket; a spinney.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove

hurst822

grove889

wood bough?c1225

wood lay?c1225

wood lind?c1225

wood rise?c1225

spring1396

firth?a1400

berwec1440

spring?c1475

grovet1504

coppice1538

copsewood1543

sherwood1562

hewt1575

copse1578

grove-crop1582

berrie1591

low wood1591

spinney1597

spinet1604

spring wood1607

roughet1616

oart1690

toft1706

under-grove1731

bosket1737

busket1803

1604 B. Jonson Particular Entertainm. at Althrope 2 in His Pt. Royall Entertainem. The Inuention was, to haue a Satyre lodged in a little Spinet, by which her Maiestie, and the Prince were to come.

1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 179 Walking one day in a delightfull spinet, beautified with shady poplars.

1848 R. Tyas Favourite Field Flowers 1st Ser. 17 We came near a spinet, consisting chiefly of lofty well-grown ash trees.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	spinet
释义	spinetn.¹ Brit. /spɪˈnɛt/, /ˈspɪnɪt/, U.S. /ˈspɪnᵻt/ Forms: α. 1600s– spinette, 1700s spinnette. β. 1600s–1800s spinnet. γ. 1700s spinett, 1700s– spinet. Etymology: < older French espinette (1522; modern French épinette ), = Italian spinetta , -etto . Spanish espineta , Portuguese espineta , modern Latin spineta (a1558 Scaliger Poet. i. xlviii). Compare espinette n.According to Scaliger spineta was formed on Latin spīna, with reference to the crow-quills which had been introduced into the mechanism. This, however, would be an unusual application of spīna, and greater probability attaches to the explanation given by A. Banchieri in 1608, that the name was derived from the inventor of the instrument, Giovanni Spinetti of Venice, whose name Banchieri had seen on a spinet dated 1503. See Grove's Dict. Music s.v. 1. A keyed musical instrument, common in England in the 18th century, closely resembling the harpsichord, but smaller and having only one string to each note.A full description of the various kinds of spinet is given in Grove's Dict. Music s.v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > spinet spinet1664 espinette1668 α. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 1 July (1971) V. 194 One Cheswicke, a maister who plays very well upon the Spinette. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 229 When the Spinette came they set it upon the Table in the midst of the Room. 1761 Ann. Reg., Chron. 128 Father de la Borde, the inventor of the electrical spinette. 1763 T. Jefferson Writings (1892) I. 352 I am vastly pleased with her playing on the spinnette and singing. 1874 T. Archer Sword & Shuttle i, in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 250/1 A spinette in the corner of the room was open. 1886 E. Marshall Tower on Cliff iv. 52 It is not every woman can..play on the spinette. β. 1696 H. Purcell (title) A choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnet.1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 32 When Miss delights in her Spinnet, A Fidler may a Fortune get.1786 Ann. Reg., Chron. 207/2 The strings of a spinnet were heard to vibrate.1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xii. 118 An old woman, sitting whole hours jingling with that paralytic chattel a spinnet.1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 168 [She] had once been a proficient on the spinnet, but there was no spinnet to be had.γ. 1702 R. Steele Funeral ii. 28 There's the Spinet Mr. Campley, I know you're Musical.1773 J. Adams Wks. (1850) II. 323 The young ladies..entertained us upon the spinet, &c.1810 A. Boswell Edinburgh 26 While ‘Nancy Dawson’, ‘Sandie o'er the lee’..Ring on the jingling spinet or guitar.1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. v. 74 He had fitted up an old spinet, until it awoke into life, in these latter days of Collards and Broadwoods.1889 E. Brinsmead Hist. Pianoforte 94 The English spinet was similar to the virginal except in its shape. 2. U.S. In full spinet piano. A type of small piano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano grand pianoforte1784 square pianoforte1787 grand piano1795 cottage pianoforte1816 cottage piano1824 table piano1827 table pianoforte1827 tin kettle1827 grand1830 piccolo1831 Broadwood1832 semi-grand1835 pianino1848 cottage1850 square piano1853 street piano1855 upright1860 pianette1862 digitorium1866 Steinway1875 baby grand1879 square1882 tin pan1882 honky-tonk piano1934 minipiano1934 spinet1936 prepared piano1940 ravalement1959 rinky-tink1961 miniature1974 Mozart piano1980 1936 Arts & Decoration Jan. 30/1 The spinet pianos are inviting musical instruments. Their design, suitable to the modern apartment or small house, delights the decorator and the owner. 1937 Etude Music Mag. Dec. 803/3 In a few months manufacturers had worked out many refinements in the popular vertical pianos, which came to be known under the generic terms of ‘consoles’ or ‘spinets’. 1970 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music (rev. ed.) 804/2 Spinet,..a piano with strings perpendicular to the keyboard (as in an upright piano) but with an indirect action. 1977 J. Philips Five Roads to Death (1978) i. ii. 31 There was a little spinet piano in one corner. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1703 R. Steele Tender Husband iii. ii Madam, your Spinet Master is come. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 656/1 Stephen Keene was a well-known spinet-maker. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 656/1 His spinets..reached the highest perfection of spinet tone possible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spinetn.² Etymology: < Latin spīnētum ( < spīna thorn) or Italian spineto.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspinet. Obsolete exc. archaic. A thicket; a spinney. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove hurst822 grove889 wood bough?c1225 wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 spring1396 firth?a1400 berwec1440 spring?c1475 grovet1504 coppice1538 copsewood1543 sherwood1562 hewt1575 copse1578 grove-crop1582 berrie1591 low wood1591 spinney1597 spinet1604 spring wood1607 roughet1616 oart1690 toft1706 under-grove1731 bosket1737 busket1803 1604 B. Jonson Particular Entertainm. at Althrope 2 in His Pt. Royall Entertainem. The Inuention was, to haue a Satyre lodged in a little Spinet, by which her Maiestie, and the Prince were to come. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 179 Walking one day in a delightfull spinet, beautified with shady poplars. 1848 R. Tyas Favourite Field Flowers 1st Ser. 17 We came near a spinet, consisting chiefly of lofty well-grown ash trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † spinetn.³ Etymology: diminutive of spine n.¹ Obsolete. rare. A small spine or thorn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [noun] thornc950 pileOE prickOE pikec1300 spine1430 pricklec1484 brodc1550 sting1567 point1604 spears1607 stob1637 pin1650 pricket1663 spinet1672 aculeus1702 pricker1743 spicula1753 acicula1784 acicule1800 acicle1852 thornlet1882 sticker1889 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iv. App. 124 In affinity with these are the Spinets or Thorny Prickles upon the Verges and Tops of divers Leaves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1664n.²1604n.³1672
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spinetn.1

Compounds

spinetn.2

† spinetn.3

spinetn.¹

spinetn.²

† spinetn.³