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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . (?..( piano. Same as rfi^i/. Elec-tric piano, a iiianoforte whose wires are set in vibrationby electromagnets, instead of by ano Seei/iVi)«r(« piano. piano. See picc,:lo. - Square piano, upright pi-ano. See pi«no/i>r(«. piano-case (pi-ano-kiis), «. The wooden boxinclosing the mechanism of a pianoforte. piano-cover (pi-ano-kuver), H. A cloth orrubber cover for a pianoforte. r t^ r pianoforte (pi-an6-f6r-te or -fort), >i. [= 1). Dan. F. Sp. Pg. pinnojorte, < It. »i-<e,a , <;«?««<», soft (^eepinno^), + Jorte,stronL,<;:see/orf,/«)-ff2,/orcci.]A musical instrument of the percussive group,the tones being produced by blows of hammersupon stretched strings, and the hammers be-ing operated from a kevboanl. Essentially, thephmofirtc is a large dulcimer with a keyl»,ard; but his-torically it replaced the clavichord and harp8ichord,»hich. Not to answer me when you mind me is pure Neglect,and no less than a Piaele. Howell, Letters, I. iv. 16, 281 pia mater (pia matt-r). [= F. pic-merc = Sp. ^,ii„.n,dtcr = ;ia-matcr = ,<^ mater, lit. piousovgentlemother(opposedtorf«rai»((/rr),a fanciful name: )m,fem. of y;i»-(see ); mater, mother: see Ihedelicate fibrous and very vascular memliranowhich immediately invests the lirain and spinalcord. It is the third or inmost of the three meninges,covered both liy the arachnoid and by the dura called p! Pia mater testis. Same as Iwuca im- pia-matral (), «. [< pia mater +-«/.] Pertaining to the pia mater; pial. pian(pi-an), »• [m, yaws.] In pathol.,same as Iramhasia. pianet »? A Middle English form of jifowy. pianett, . [Also idaiiet, piannet, pi/annef, pij-annat, appar. through OF. pion
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