A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
The act of swelling; increase in size.
The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
A person of high social standing; an important person.
Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
A bulge or protuberance.
A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
To protuberate; to bulge out.
To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
To grow gradually in force or loudness.
To be raised to arrogance.
To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
To cause to become bigger.
Very well.
The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.
A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).
A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.