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swell

Device on the harpsichord and organ for the artificial production of crescendo and diminuendo, which these instruments are incapable of producing by touch. It takes various forms, the most successful being a contrivance in the form of a slatted blind (hence the name Venetian swell), which, opening and shutting by means of a pedal, increased or reduced the volume of tone.



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And the run of the slight swell was so smooth that it resembled the graceful undulation of a piece of shimmering gray silk shot with gleams of green.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Saxon smiled with appreciation, pointed out her foot, velvet-slippered with high Cuban heels, and slightly lifted the tight black skirt, exposing a trim ankle and delicate swell of calf, the white flesh gleaming through the thinnest and flimsiest of fifty-cent black silk stockings.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
The swell ran higher and swifter every moment, and the ship lurched heavily in the smooth, deep hollows of the sea.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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