phrygian mode

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, prop. a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. Fry`gios, fr.
   Frygi`a Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.]
   Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
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   {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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