Definition of Vila
||Vi"o*la (?), n. [L., a violet. See
Violet.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous
plants, including all kinds of violets.
Vi"o*la (?), n. [It. See Viol.]
(Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but
larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
||Viola da braccio [It., viol for the arm], the
tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in
the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. --
||Viola da gamba [It., viol for the leg], an
instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It
is now rarely used. -- ||Viola da spalla [It., viol
for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola,
and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. --
||Viola di amore [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole
d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings
upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding
sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery
sound. It is now seldom used.
||Vi"o*la (?), n. [L., a violet. See
Violet.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous
plants, including all kinds of violets.
Vi"o*la (?), n. [It. See Viol.]
(Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but
larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
||Viola da braccio [It., viol for the arm], the
tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in
the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. --
||Viola da gamba [It., viol for the leg], an
instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It
is now rarely used. -- ||Viola da spalla [It., viol
for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola,
and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. --
||Viola di amore [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole
d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings
upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding
sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery
sound. It is now seldom used.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (music) a stringed instrument somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone
- (music) an organ stop having a similar tone
- (botany) any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies
Viola
Translingual
- a taxonomic genus, within family Violaceae - the violets
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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