Definition of tone

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Tone (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone..

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Granuliform :: Granuliform (a.) Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone..
Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..
Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]..
Butyrone :: Butyrone (n.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
Rubblestone :: Rubblestone (n.) See Rubble, 1 and 2..
Typolite :: Typolite (n.) A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.
Mixture :: Mixture (n.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone..
Stone :: Stone (n.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp..
Music :: Music (n.) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Carbonyl :: Carbonyl (n.) The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc..
Scaglia :: Scaglia (n.) A reddish variety of limestone.
Stonebow :: Stone-blind (a.) As blind as a stone; completely blind.
Oriskany :: Oriskany (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age..
Tone :: Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners..
Buzz :: Buzz (v. t.) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly..
Run :: Run (n.) A roulade, or series of running tones..
Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood..
Eye :: Eye (n.) The hole through the upper millstone.
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