sawtry

See also: Sawtry

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːtɹi/

Noun

sawtry (plural sawtries)

1. Obsolete form of psaltery.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     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.

References

• “sawtry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• strawy, swarty, wastry

Middle English

Noun

sawtry

1. Alternative form of sauterie