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Definition of Shawms
1. shawm [n] - See also: shawm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shawms
Literary usage of Shawms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Charms and Secrets of Good Conversation by Theodore Emanuel Schmauk (1892)
"SHE (shawms AND OF GOOD (©ONYE^SATION. HEN the golden apple rolled in on the
wedding feast of Peleus and Thetis, and by its inscription, "For The Most ..."
2. Beaumont & Fletcher by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1890)
"What stately music have you ? you have shawms ?l .S. of Prol. ... Ralph plays a
stately part, and he must needs have shawms : I'll be at the charge of them ..."
3. Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt (1862)
"Cit. Xet it be so ; begin, begin : my wife and I will sit down. Prol. I pray you do.
Cit. "What stately music have you ? you have shawms ?1 Prol. shawms ? ..."
4. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"shawms? No, Cit. No ! I 'ma thief if my mind did not [IM give me so. Ralph plays
a stately part, und he must needs have shawms. ..."
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