a set of drinking glasses filled with varying amounts of water to produce ringing tones of different pitches when the player's finger is rubbed around the wet rims. Cf. glass harmonica .
[ 1760-70 ]
MUSICAL GLASSES
Meaning of MUSICAL GLASSES in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012