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BASSOON

Volume 3 · 140 words · 1815 Edition

are thus cut, stamped, or otherwise wrought, so that not the entire body, but only part of it, is raised above the plane, are said to be done in relief, or relivo; and when that work is low, flat, and but little raised, it is called low relief. When a piece of sculpture, a coin, or a medal, has its figure raised so as to be well distinguished, it is called bold, and we say its relief is strong.a musical instrument of the wind-fort, blown with a reed, furnished with 11 holes, and used as a bass in a concert of hautboys, flutes, &c. To render this instrument more portable, it is divided into two parts, whence it is called a fagot. Its diameter at bottom is nine inches, and its holes are stopped like those of a large flute.