Bible Dictionaries
Hornpipe
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
(2):
(n.) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hornpipe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hornpipe.html. 1828.