sawtry

See also: Sawtry

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːtɹi/

Noun

sawtry (plural sawtries)

Obsolete form of psaltery.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  
  The chaplets white and red their ladies bore.
  Their instruments were various in their kind,
  Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind:
  The sawtry, pipe, and hautboy's noisy band.

References

sawtry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

strawy, swarty, wastry

Middle English

Noun

sawtry

Alternative form of sauterie

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