Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - spinet
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n. Mus. hist. a small harpsichord with oblique strings. Etymology: obs. F espinette f. It. spinetta virginal, spinet, dimin. of spina thorn etc. (as SPINE), with ref. to the plucked strings ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- also spinette, "small harpsichord" (1664), from Fr. espinette, from M.Fr., from It. spinetta, perhaps a dim. of spina "thorn, spine," from L. spina "thorn" (see spine), so called because the strings were plucked with thorn-like quills. The other theory is that it is an allusion to the name of the Venetian inventor, Giovanni Spinetti. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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