n. (Mus.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hemi- + demi-semiquaver. ] (Mus.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a