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schryari

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[shrahy-uh-rahy] / ˈʃraɪ əˌraɪ /

noun

  1. a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.

Etymology

Origin of schryari

1935–40; < Middle Low German schrȳ ( en ) to shriek + Latin -ārium -ary

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