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Webster 1913 Edition

(sĕm′ĭ-kwāˊvẽr)

Noun.

(Mus.)

A note of half the duration of the quaver; – now usually called a

sixteenth note

Noun.

[semi and quaver.] In music, a note of half the duration of the quaver; the sixteenth of the semibreve.

Verb.

To sound or sing in semiquavers.