"Gamba" is a word in ENGLISH
A viola da gamba.
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One of Microsoft's finest technicans was drafted and sent to boot camp. At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target. The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.The technician looked at his rifle, and then at the target. He looked at the rifle again, and then at the target again. He put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand. The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area, "It's leaving here just fine, the trouble must be at your end!"
The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
Read the complete definitionThe tenor viola, or viola.
Read the complete definitionTo entice, to corrupt, and, when used of a woman, to seduce, origl-nally, the term had a limited signification, meaning …
Read the complete definitionA performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.
Read the complete definitionA species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.
Read the complete definitionA kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.
Read the complete definitionA plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large …
Read the complete definitionThe French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
Read the complete definitionA genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
Read the complete definitionA yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.
Read the complete definitionAny plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the …
Read the complete definitionA pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and …
Read the complete definitionA stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving …
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