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adjective

Musical adj. Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.

Musical box, or Music box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.

Musical fish (Zool.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.

Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. Cf. Harmonica, 1.

noun

Musical n.

Music. (Obs.) "To fetch home May with their musical."

A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party. (Colloq.)

A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Musical" Quotes from Famous Books

... seen his daughters there. Nell has played the organ at times, fer she's mighty musical. My, ye should hear her play the fiddle! She makes it ...

— The Unknown Wrestler • H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

... from the need for further speech by the sudden fortissimo of drums and trumpets and fifes, bursting into the breadth of the piazza in a grand storm of sound—a roar, a blast, and a whistling, well befitting a city famous for its musical instruments, and reducing the members of the closest group to ...

— Romola • George Eliot

... Brave lads in olden musical centuries Sang, night by night, adorable choruses, Sat late by alehouse doors in April Chaunting in joy as the moon ...

— The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 1 • Robert Louis Stevenson

... of information on these topics were the literary supplement of the London Times, the Literary Digest, and the literary, dramatic, and musical columns of the Athenaeum, The Spectator, and the ...

— An Adventure With A Genius • Alleyne Ireland

... first time, as deaf persons are said to hear well in the noise of a crowded street, or in a rail-car, so did I hear in the musical tumult, for the first time, the words of Herbert. They had been whispered, and I had heard, but not ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 42, April, 1861 • Various

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