Read full poem →Some to the lute, some to the viol went,
And others chose the cornet eloquent,
Dictionary Entry
A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
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Common Phrases
. violda violfamily violde violplayer violviol bassviol leviol treble
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Poetry examples for “viol”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Whose wreathed friezes intertwine
The viol, the violet, and the vine.
Read full poem →Whose entablatures intertwine
The mask the — the viol — and the vine.
Read full poem →Nay, let me dream at least.
That far-off bell, it may be took for viol at a feast :
I only walk among the fields, beneath the autumn-sun,
Read full poem →For such man's love!—more like an out-of-tune
Worn viol, a good singer would be wroth
To spoil his song with, and which, snatched in haste,
Read full poem →to set anthems to his lute ; and Wotton bequeaths
his viol to a friend.
Read full poem →Me softer airs befit, and softer strings
Of Lute, or Viol still, more apt for mournful things.
Read full poem →Me softer airs befit, and softer strings
Of Lute, or Viol still, more apt for mournful things.
Read full poem →_W. D._—“Ye mid burn the wold bass-viol that I set such vallie by.”
_Squire_.—“You may hold the manse in fee,