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

reed \reed\ r=ed, a.
   red. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

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

reed \reed\, v.  n.
   same as rede. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
rede 

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

reed \reed\, n.
   the fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. prov. eng. or
   scot.
   1913 webster

[4] : 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 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

reed
     n 1: tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
          especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
     2: united states journalist who reported on the october
        revolution from petrograd in 1917; founded the communist
        labor party in america in 1919; is buried in the kremlin
        in moscow 1887-1920 syn: john reed
     3: united states physician who proved that yellow fever is
        transmitted by mosquitoes 1851-1902 syn: walter reed
     4: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that
        vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the
        clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece" syn: vibrating
        reed
     5: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed syn: beating-reed
        instrument
see also:
john reed walter reed vibrating reed beating-reed instrument 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

161 moby thesaurus words for "reed":
   english horn, pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, aftergrass,
   anthrophore, arrow, arrowhead, aulos, axis, bamboo, barb,
   basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bell, bobtailed arrow, bole,
   bolt, bombard, cambric tea, cane, carpophore, catheter, caudex,
   caulicle, caulis, cereal, cereal plant, chested arrow, clarinet,
   cloth yard shaft, cobweb, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, corn,
   cromorne, culm, dart, dishwater, double bassoon, double reed,
   drainpipe, efflux tube, embouchure, farinaceous plant, fife,
   fipple flute, fire hose, flageolet, flight, flue pipe, flute, fog,
   footstalk, forage grass, funicule, funiculus, funnel, garden hose,
   gas pipe, gossamer, grain, graminaceous plant, grass, gruel, hair,
   haulm, hautboy, heckelphone, horn, hornpipe, hose, hosepipe,
   house of cards, key, lawn grass, leafstalk, licorice stick, lip,
   matchwood, milk and water, mouthpiece, musette, nipple, oaten reed,
   oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, organ pipe, ornamental grass,
   panpipe, pedicel, peduncle, penny-whistle, petiole, petiolule,
   petiolus, piccolo, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, pommer,
   quarrel, recorder, reed instrument, reed pipe, rope of sand,
   sand castle, sax, saxophone, seedstalk, shaft, shawm, siamese,
   siamese connection, single reed, single-reed instrument, siphon,
   slide, snorkel, soil pipe, sonorophone, spear, spire, stalk,
   standpipe, steam pipe, stem, stipe, stock, straw, sweet potato,
   syrinx, tabor pipe, tap, tenoroon, thread, tigella, tin-whistle,
   tooter, trunk, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure,
   valve, volley, waste pipe, water, water pipe, whistle, wind,
   wind instrument, woods, woodwind, woodwind choir,
   woodwind instrument

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

reed
   1. "paper reeds" isa. 19:7; r.v., "reeds". heb. 'aroth,
   properly green herbage growing in marshy places.
   
     2. heb. kaneh 1 kings 14:15; job 40:21; isa. 19:6, whence
   the gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind.
   
     the reed of egypt and palestine is the arundo donax, which
   grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the
   bamboo, "with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and
   so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a
   gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position." it
   is used to illustrate weakness 2 kings 18:21; ezek. 29:6, also
   fickleness or instability matt. 11:7; comp. eph. 4:14.
   
     a "bruised reed" isa. 42:3; matt. 12:20 is an emblem of a
   believer weak in grace. a reed was put into our lord's hands in
   derision matt. 27:29; and "they took the reed and smote him on
   the head" 30. the "reed" on which they put the sponge filled
   with vinegar matt. 27:48 was, according to john 19:29, a
   hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a
   bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. see cane.
   
see also:
cane 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

reed, ar town, fips 58880
  location: 33.70182 n, 91.44373 w
  population 1990: 355 118 housing units
  area: 0.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 71670
reed, ky
  zip codes: 42451
reed, ok
  zip codes: 73554

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

reed, ar -- u.s. town in arkansas
   population 2000:    275
   housing units 2000: 103
   land area 2000:     0.103055 sq. miles 0.266910 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.103055 sq. miles 0.266910 sq. km
   fips code:            58880
   located within:       arkansas ar, fips 05
   location:             33.701930 n, 91.443851 w
   zip codes 1990:     71670
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    reed, ar
    reed

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