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Phrygian mode

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. ?, fr. ? Phrygia, a
   country of Asia Minor.]
   Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.

   {Phrygian mode} (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very
      bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to
      have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore
      (Encyc. of Music).

   {Phrygian stone}, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice,
      -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying
      and astringent.
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