Sawtry

//ˈsɔːtɹi// name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of psaltery. alt-of, obsolete

    "The chaplets white and red their ladies bore. Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind: The sawtry, pipe, and hautboy's noisy band."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A large village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1683).

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psalterpsalterionpsalterium

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"The chaplets white and red their ladies bore. Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind: The sawtry, pipe, and hautboy's noisy band."

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