Sol-faed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sol-fa \Sol`-fa"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sol-faed};p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Sol-faing}.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa,
     sol.]
     To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as,
     do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse
     order.


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           Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.         --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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