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sesquialter
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sesquialter, a.
Sesquialteral. [1913 Webster]
sesquialter, n. [NL. sesquialtera.].
A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reënforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant. [1913 Webster]
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