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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sesquialter

· Ses·qui·al·ter · IPA /sɛskwɪˈaltər/
01 a. Sesquialteral.
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    Sesquialteral.
02 n. A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound mo…
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    A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.(Mus.)