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Seraphine
Pronunciation : Ser"a*phine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Seraph.] (Mus.)
Definition : Defn: A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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