Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for JEWS'-HARP
JEWS-FRANK-IN'CENSEJEWS-MAL'LOW
JEWS'-HARP, n. [Jew and harp.]
An instrument of music shaped like a harp, which, placed between the teeth and by means of a spring struck by the finger, gives a sound which is modulated by the breath into soft melody. It is called also Jews-trump.
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