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Do :: Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet..

Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..

Drove :: Drove (n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.

Metacetone :: Metacetone (n.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone..

Sea Dotterel :: Sea dotterel () The turnstone.

Proteolytic :: Proteolytic (a.) Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones..

Oilstone :: Oilstone (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil..

Pure :: Pure (superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants..

Deeply :: Deeply (adv.) Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument..

La :: La (n.) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.

Whine :: Whine (n.) A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint..

Hermes :: Hermes (n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Ter

Purbeck Beds :: Purbeck beds () The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology..

Whiningly :: Whiningly (adv.) In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.

Hexachord :: Hexachord (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones..

Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

Freestone :: Freestone (n.) A stone composed of sand or grit; -- so called because it is easily cut or wrought.

Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..

Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..

Euphoniad :: Euphoniad (n.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments.

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