wind harp

[wind]

noun

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Origin of wind harp

First recorded in 1805–15

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Examples from the Web for wind harp

But I never heard a wind-harp's song, and of course don't know how to make one.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12|Various
She is as soft-spoken as a wind-harp swinging in an abbey door.
The Prairie Child|Arthur Stringer
The stress and wild, uncertain melody of his poetry is like that of the wind-harp.
The Last Harvest|John Burroughs
Had he bungled in giving her a garment where De Courtenay had played on a wind-harp in giving her a little red flower?
The Maid of the Whispering Hills|Vingie E. Roe

The dwarf's scream was like the weird high note of a wind-harp.
The Lady of Fort St. John|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

British Dictionary definitions for wind harp

wind harp

noun

a less common name for aeolian harp

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wind harp

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wind harp

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