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Meanings of viol in English

Any one of a family of bowed, fretted, stringed musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

        Usage of viol in English
        1
        The wonderful viol-like trembling of the contralto tones thrilled through the house.
        Vittoria — Volume 4
        2
        At last the big bass viol won the victory and was there.
        A Little Girl in Old Boston
        3
        He did not respond, and still the viol shrieked on without slackening.
        The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
        4
        I can yet manage a song to the viol, I dare affirm.
        Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
        5
        The instruments used are a piano, organ, violin, cornet and bass viol.
        The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
        6
        Where is your harp or viol, Sir Knight of the Tuneful Road?
        The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne
        7
        He played the organ and the bass viol, the organ most.
        Milton
        8
        Through the world they passed, the Poet and his mystic viol.
        Gala-Days
        9
        He was called a minstrel because he played on the viol.
        The Fall of the Nibelungs
        10
        Here stood the viol player, chanting ballads and lays to their appointed tunes.
        Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
        11
        Osmund tried to put him off with a tale of a broken viol.
        Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
        12
        At first Osmund put him off with a tale of a broken viol.
        Chivalry
        13
        They had taught me the lute, the viol, and the harpsichord.
        Quicksilver
        14
        Some said,'tis a viol da Gamba, others pronounced it a fiddle.
        The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
        15
        My father's deep Welsh accent cut through the air like a bass viol.
        The heretic's daughter: a novel
        16
        But as to all the rest, no better than the viol-block or the geer-capstan.
        The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
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