overwinded

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adjective

Of a musical instrument: provided with too much air or wind.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveoverwinded (comparative more overwinded, superlative most overwinded)

comparative more overwinded · superlative most overwinded

  1. entertainmentOf a musical instrument: provided with too much air or wind.

    […] the pressure of wind is too much, the tone being forced or overwinded; […]

    1895, The Organist and Choirmaster, volume 3, page 43
    1 more example

    The diapasons, very much overwinded, as I venture to think, puff and whistle to the exclusion of all other sounds.

    1890, Proceedings of the Musical Association, volume 16, Great Britain: Musical Association, page 154

Origin

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Chicago

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