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| | descant | (เดส'เคินทฺ) n. เสียงสูง, ท่วงทำนองเพลง, ความผันแปร adj. มีเสียงสูง vi. (เดสแคนทฺ') ร้องเพลง, วิจารณ์หรือพูดเสียยืดยาว, Syn. discant |
| | | Descant | n. [ OF. descant, deschant, F. déchant, discant, LL. discantus, fr. L. dis + cantus singing, melody, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, and cf. Descant, v. i., Discant. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song. (b) The upper voice in part music. (c) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ] Twenty doctors expound one text twenty ways, as children make descant upon plain song. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ] She [ the nightingale ] all night long her amorous descant sung. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The term has also been used synonymously with counterpoint, or polyphony, which developed out of the French déchant, of the 12th century. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments. [ 1913 Webster ] Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Descant | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Descanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Descanting. ] [ From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing. ] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large. [ 1913 Webster ] A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Descanter | n. One who descants. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tradescantia | ‖prop. n. (Bot.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | หัวใจม่วง | [hūajai muang] (n, exp) EN: Purple heart ; Purple tradescantia | | กาบหอยเเครงแคระ | [kāphøi khraēngkhrae] (n, exp) EN: Boat-lily ; Oyster lily ; Candle lily ; White-flowered tradescantia ; Oyster plant |
| | 紫露草 | [むらさきつゆくさ;ムラサキツユクサ, murasakitsuyukusa ; murasakitsuyukusa] (n) (uk) Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) [Add to Longdo] |
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