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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Sharp :: Sharp (n.) A sharp tone or note.
Stinkweed :: Stinkstone (n.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone..
Laurone :: Laurone (n.) The ketone of lauric acid.
Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..
Monotonous :: Monotonous (a.) Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.
Cantillate :: Cantillate (v. i.) To chant; to recite with musical tones.
Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..
Chelidonius :: Chelidonius (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
Tone :: Tone (n.) State of mind; temper; mood.
Crescendo :: Crescendo (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
Scaglia :: Scaglia (n.) A reddish variety of limestone.
Alum Stone :: Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Chondrodite :: Chondrodite (n.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone..
Submental :: Submediant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant..
Note :: Note (n.) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
Heap :: Heap (n.) A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones..
Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.
Dress :: Dress (n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
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