SOR'DET, SOR'DINE, noun [Latin surdus, deaf.] A little pipe in the mouth of a trumpet to make it sound lower or shriller.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SOR'DET, SOR'DINE, noun [Latin surdus, deaf.] A little pipe in the mouth of a trumpet to make it sound lower or shriller.
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign