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Rebec vs Xebec - What's the difference?

rebec | xebec |

As nouns the difference between rebec and xebec

is that rebec is an early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin while xebec is a small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship.

rebec

English

(wikipedia rebec)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musical instruments) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • The villages also must have their visitors to enquire what lectures the bagpipe and the rebbeck reads ev'n to the ballatry, and the gammuth of every municipal fidler, for these are the Countrymans Arcadia's'' and his ''Monte Mayors .

    xebec

    English

    (wikipedia xebec)

    Alternative forms

    * zebec * zebeck

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship
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