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Sesquialtera
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sesquialtera'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sesquialtera.html. 1828.