[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reed \reed\, n. as. hre'od; akin to d. riet, g. riet, ried,
   ohg. kriot, riot.
   1. bot. a name given to many tall and coarse grasses or
      grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems,
      such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the
      common reed of europe and north america phragmites
      communis.
      1913 webster

   2. a musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some
      plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
      1913 webster

            arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed
            of hermes.                            --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. an arrow, as made of a reed. --prior.
      1913 webster

   4. straw prepared for thatching a roof. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   5. mus.
      a a small piece of cane or wood attached to the
          mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in
          vibration by the breath. in the clarinet it is a
          single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is
          double, forming a compressed tube.
      b one of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of
          which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon,
          harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets
          or registers of pipes in an organ.
          1913 webster

   6. weaving a frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or
      reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the
      swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the
      weft; a sley. see batten.
      1913 webster

   7. mining a tube containing the train of powder for
      igniting the charge in blasting.
      1913 webster

   8. arch. same as reeding.
      1913 webster

   egyptian reed bot., the papyrus.

   free reed mus., a reed whose edges do not overlap the
      wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc.
      it is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of
      the organ and clarinet.

   meadow reed grass bot., the glyceria aquatica, a tall
      grass found in wet places.

   reed babbler. see reedbird.

   reed bunting zool. a european sparrow emberiza
      schoeniclus which frequents marshy places; -- called
      also reed sparrow, ring bunting.
      b reedling.

   reed canary grass bot., a tall wild grass phalaris
      arundinacea.

   reed grass. bot.
      a the common reed. see reed, 1.
      b a plant of the genus sparganium; bur reed. see under
          bur.

   reed organ mus., an organ in which the wind acts on a set
      of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina,
      etc.

   reed pipe mus., a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.
      

   reed sparrow. zool. see reed bunting, above.

   reed stop mus., a set of pipes in an organ furnished with
      reeds.

   reed warbler. zool.
      a a small european warbler acrocephalus streperus;
          -- called also reed wren.
      b any one of several species of indian and australian
          warblers of the genera acrocephalus, calamoherpe,
          and arundinax. they are excellent singers.

   sea-sand reed bot., a kind of coarse grass ammophila
      arundinacea. see beach grass, under beach.

   wood reed grass bot., a tall, elegant grass cinna
      arundinacea, common in moist woods.
      1913 webster reedbird
see also:
phragmites communis batten reeding egyptian reed free reed meadow reed grass 
glyceria aquatica reed babbler reedbird reed bunting emberiza schoeniclus 
reed sparrow ring bunting reed canary grass phalaris arundinacea reed grass 
reed sparganium bur reed organ reed pipe 
reed sparrow reed stop reed warbler acrocephalus streperus reed wren 
acrocephalus calamoherpe arundinax sea-sand reed ammophila arundinacea 
beach grass beach wood reed grass cinna arundinacea 

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