Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-CORD'ER, n.

1. A person whose official duty is to writings or transactions; one who enrolls or records.
2. An officer of a city who is keeper of the rolls or record; or who is invested with judicial powers.
3. Formerly a kind of flute, flagelet or wind instrument. The figures of recorders, flutes and pipes are straight; but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below. – Bacon.