keyed bugle

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keyed bugle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kent bugle \Kent" bu"gle\prop. n. [Probably named after a Duke
     of Kent.] (Mus.)
     A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of
     which the performer can play upon every key in the musical
     scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle.
     --Moore.
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  Keyed \Keyed\ (k[=e]d), a.
     Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a
     key, as a tune.
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     Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle.
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