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nete - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun ancient Greek music , the upper tone of the disjunct tetrachord: so called because it was the last or uppermost tone of the earlier and simpler systems. Its pitch is supposed to have been about equivalent to the modern E next above middle C. See tetrachord .noun neat . neat .
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October 8, 2009 at 4:30 am dere iz eh nete Smifsoniun desine/krafz muesem…dey haz teh neetuss stawf!
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But it holds the chief and highest power, as mese to hypate, in respect of the concupiscent; as mese to nete , in respect of the irascible; insomuch as it depresses and heightens, — and in fine makes a harmony, — by abating what is too much and by not suffering them to flatten and grow dull.
Essays and Miscellanies 2004
But it may be ridiculous to describe the first, middle, and last by their place; since we see hypate highest in the harp, lowest in the pipe; and wheresoever you place the mese in the harp, provided it is tunable, it sounds more acute than hypate, and more grave than nete .
Essays and Miscellanies 2004
It is written particularly vpon the head of euery puncheon: and the nete weight of the fatte of almonds is 500 li. two quarters.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
Acestea sunt, desigur, doar de funcţionare intern al nete mele convingeri proprii:
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Campynon thoughte that nete but deathe coulde bee,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
We are Goddes stewards all, nete [49] of oure owne we bare.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
The Englysh nete but short horse-spears could welde;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
As ynn the bowke [19] nete [20] alleyn [21] cann bee donne,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
whichbe commented on the word nete
One of the three Muses of the lyre that were worshipped at Delphi.
September 6, 2008