See Also: Instrument(medicine)
Instrument(money)
instrument(1)(dictionary)
instrument(2)(dictionary)
instrument(dictionary)
Statuary Instrument(law)
negotiable instrument(encyclopedia)
brass instrument(encyclopedia)
Instrument (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Underlying instrument(finance)

federacy (iou) and instrument (oh)


federacy (iou)



federacy noun. Now rare. M17.
[from FEDERATE adjective (see -ACY) or abbreviation of CONFEDERACY.]
The state of being joined by a treaty; an alliance. M17.
= CONFEDERACY 3. E19.

instrument (oh)




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1 ?tool?
2 ?Music?
3 ?for measuring?
4 ?method?
5 ?for hurting?
6 instrument of fate/God
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[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Latin; Origin: instrumentum, from instruere; INSTRUCT]
?TOOL?
a small tool used in work such as science or medicine
::surgical instruments
?Music?
an object used for producing Music, such as a piano or violin
-synonym musical instrument musical instrument
-see also instrumental instrumental, instrumentalist instrumentalist
::electronic instruments
brass/wind/percussion/stringed etc instrument
?FOR MEASURING?
a piece of equipment for measuring and showing distance, speed, temperature etc
::a failure of the flight instruments
::sensitive earthquake-detecting instruments
?METHOD?
[usually singular] something or someone that is used to get a particular result
instrument of
::Interest rates are an important instrument of economic policy.
instrument for (doing) sth
::Good Management should be an instrument for innovation.
?FOR HURTING?
something that is used to hit or hurt someone
::Death was due to a blow on the head with a blunt instrument .
instrument of torture
(=an object used to make people suffer pain until they give information)
instrument of fate/God
literary someone or something that is used by a power beyond our control