noun.
Same as viol.
noun.
Specifically,in modern usage, the large violin, properly the alto violin, though generally called the tenor, in size about one seventh larger than the violin
noun.
In organ-building, a stop with metal pipes of narrow scale and ears on the sides of the mouths, giving tones of a penetrating, string-like quality.
noun.
A genus of plants, type of the order Violarieæ and tribe Violeæ, including the pansies and violets.