n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon. ] A book of antiphons. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. audire to hear + Gr. &unr_; sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr.
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr.
n. Epiphonema. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; art + -phone. ] (Music) A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]