What is a flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon called?
result — A flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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