- (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn or in German chorals after each line.
- (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
- (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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