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sourdine

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sour·dine  (sr-dn)
n.
1. An obsolete double-reed instrument with a soft tone.
2. A mute, especially one for a violin.
3. A stop on an organ producing a low, muted tone.
[French, from Italian sordina, feminine of sordino, a mute, diminutive of sordo, deaf, mute; see sordino.]
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Noun1.sourdinesourdine - a mute for a violin
sordino
mute - a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
2.sourdine - an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
organ stop - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality


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