"Gamba" is a word in ENGLISH
A viola da gamba.
For everything sacred has the substance of dreams and memories, and so we experience the miracle of what is separated from us by time or distance suddenly being made tangible.
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A man learned shortly before quitting time that he had to attend a meeting. He tried unsuccessfully to locate his car-pool members to let them know that he would not be leaving with them. Hastily he scribbled a message to one fellow and left it on his desk: "I have a last-minute meeting. Leave without me. Dave." At 7:00 p.m., the man stopped at his desk and found this note: "Meet us at the bar and grill across the street. You drove today, you idiot."
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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