A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

(rhetoric) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.

Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory. / Requiring a matter or obligation.

The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.

Clipping of objet d'art.

A work of art with some artistic merit. / An artwork exhibited for the purposes of decoration or the reflection of social status.

(transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie. / (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.

(biology) Requiring a (specified) way of life, habitat, etc.. / (biology) Absolutely indispensable; essential.

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. / (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened. / Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.

(transitive, obsolete) To harden; to obdure.