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overwinded

adj

overwinded

adj

Etymology From over- + winded.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Of a musical instrument: provided with too much air or wind.

  • The diapasons, very much overwinded, as I venture to think, puff and whistle to the exclusion of all other sounds.1890, Proceedings of the Musical Association, volume 16, Great Britain: Musical Association, page 154:
  • […] the pressure of wind is too much, the tone being forced or overwinded; […]1895, The Organist and Choirmaster, volume 3, page 43:

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