5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece
of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the
clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is
double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal,
the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon,
harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of
pipes in an organ.
6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed,
between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or
batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.
7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the
charge in blasting.