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

tambour \tam"bour\, n.
   1. mus. a kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
      1913 webster

   2. a small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling
      a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a
      portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the
      embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the
      latter sense, tambour work.
      1913 webster

   3. arch. same as drum, n., 2
      d .
          1913 webster

   4. fort. a work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose
      a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a
      larger work. it is arranged like a stockade.
      1913 webster

   5. physiol. a shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin
      elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. two or more
      of these are connected by an india rubber tube, and used
      to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of
      any pulsating artery.
      1913 webster
see also:
tambour work drum 

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

tambour \tam"bour\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tamboured; p. pr. 
   vb. n. tambouring.
   to embroider on a tambour.
   1913 webster
see also:
tamboured tambouring 

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

tamboura \tambour"a\, n.
   1. mus. a stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but
      lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck,
      used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called
      also tambur, tambour, and tampur. also spelled
      tambura.
      pjc
see also:
tambur tambour tampur tambura 

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

vase \vase\ v=as or vaumz; 277, n. f. vase; cf. sp.  it.
   vaso; fr. l. vas, vasum. cf. vascular, vessel.
   1. a vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and
      anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of
      antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a
      porcelain vase; a gold vase; a grecian vase. see illust.
      of portland vase, under portland.
      1913 webster

            no chargers then were wrought in burnished gold,
            nor silver vases took the forming mold. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. arch.
      a a vessel similar to that described in the first
          definition above, or the representation of one in a
          solid block of stone, or the like, used for an
          ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. see illust.
          of niche.
      b the body, or naked ground, of the corinthian and
          composite capital; -- called also tambour, and
          drum.
          1913 webster

   note: until the time of walker 1791, vase was made to rhyme
         with base, case, etc., and it is still commonly so
         pronounced in the united states. walker made it to
         rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. of modern english
         practice, mr. a. j. ellis 1874 says: "vase has four
         pronunciations in english: vaddz, which i most
         commonly say, is going out of use, vaumz i hear most
         frequently, v=az very rarely, and v=as i only know
         from cull's marking. on the analogy of case, however,
         it should be the regular sound."
         the merriam-webster's 10th colletgiate dictionary says:
         "u. s. oftenest v=as; canada usu. and u. s. also
         v=az; canada also  u. s. sometimes vaumz."
         one wit has noted that "a vaumz is a v=az that
         costs more than $100.", suggesting that the former is
         considered a higher-class pronunciation.
         1913 webster + pjc

   3. bot. the calyx of a plant.
      1913 webster
see also:
vascular vessel portland vase portland niche tambour 
drum 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tambour
     n 1: a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering syn: embroidery
          frame, embroidery hoop
     2: a drum
see also:
embroidery frame embroidery hoop 

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