Definition of Trumpit
Trump"et (?), n. [F. trompette, dim.
of trompe. See Trump a trumpet.] 1.
(Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war
and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of
a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and
ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first
natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of
valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although
at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.
The trumpet's loud clangor
Excites us to arms. Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A trumpeter.
Clarendon.
3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the
instrument of propagating it. Shak.
That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit
of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises.
Dryden.
4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe,
used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
Ear trumpet. See under Ear. --
Sea trumpet (Bot.), a great seaweed
(Ecklonia buccinalis) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow
stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is
used for many purposes. -- Speaking trumpet, an
instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. --
Trumpet animalcule (Zoöl.), any
infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is
trumpet-shaped. See Stentor. -- Trumpet ash
(Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] -- Trumpet
conch (Zoöl.), a trumpet shell, or triton. -
- Trumpet creeper (Bot.), an American climbing
plant (Tecoma radicans) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped
flowers; -- called also trumpet flower, and in England trumpet
ash. -- Trumpet fish. (Zoöl.)
(a) The bellows fish. (b) The
fistularia. -- Trumpet flower. (Bot.)
(a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.
(b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c)
A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers.
-- Trumpet fly (Zoöl.), a botfly. --
Trumpet honeysuckle (Bot.), a twining plant
(Lonicera sempervirens) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers;
-- called also trumpet flower. -- Trumpet
leaf (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
Sarracenia. -- Trumpet major (Mil.),
the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. -- Trumpet
marine (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string,
sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the
harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in
form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to "its
external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian
vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape."
Grove. -- Trumpet shell (Zoöl.),
any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and
allied genera. See Triton, 2. -- Trumpet
tree. (Bot.) See Trumpetwood.
Trump"et, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Trumpeted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trumpeting.] [Cf. F. trompeter.] To publish by, or as
by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet
good tidings.
They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the
reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
Bacon.
Trump"et, v. i. To sound loudly, or with
a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
Trump"et (?), n. [F. trompette, dim.
of trompe. See Trump a trumpet.] 1.
(Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war
and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of
a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and
ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first
natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of
valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although
at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.
The trumpet's loud clangor
Excites us to arms. Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A trumpeter.
Clarendon.
3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the
instrument of propagating it. Shak.
That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit
of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises.
Dryden.
4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe,
used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
Ear trumpet. See under Ear. --
Sea trumpet (Bot.), a great seaweed
(Ecklonia buccinalis) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow
stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is
used for many purposes. -- Speaking trumpet, an
instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. --
Trumpet animalcule (Zoöl.), any
infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is
trumpet-shaped. See Stentor. -- Trumpet ash
(Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] -- Trumpet
conch (Zoöl.), a trumpet shell, or triton. -
- Trumpet creeper (Bot.), an American climbing
plant (Tecoma radicans) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped
flowers; -- called also trumpet flower, and in England trumpet
ash. -- Trumpet fish. (Zoöl.)
(a) The bellows fish. (b) The
fistularia. -- Trumpet flower. (Bot.)
(a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.
(b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c)
A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers.
-- Trumpet fly (Zoöl.), a botfly. --
Trumpet honeysuckle (Bot.), a twining plant
(Lonicera sempervirens) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers;
-- called also trumpet flower. -- Trumpet
leaf (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
Sarracenia. -- Trumpet major (Mil.),
the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. -- Trumpet
marine (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string,
sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the
harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in
form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to "its
external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian
vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape."
Grove. -- Trumpet shell (Zoöl.),
any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and
allied genera. See Triton, 2. -- Trumpet
tree. (Bot.) See Trumpetwood.
Trump"et, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Trumpeted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trumpeting.] [Cf. F. trompeter.] To publish by, or as
by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet
good tidings.
They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the
reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
Bacon.
Trump"et, v. i. To sound loudly, or with
a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
TRUMPET. To sound one's own trumpet; to praise one's
self.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat. Synonym: cornet.
- cry of an elephant
- To shout forth or amplify a sound.
- To play the trumpet.
- Of an elephant, to make its cry.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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