Definition of tone

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Tone (v. t.) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t..

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Gyrogonite :: Gyrogonite (n.) The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Roundness :: Roundness (n.) Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone..
Pebble :: Pebble (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
Sarn :: Sarn (n.) A pavement or stepping-stone.
Tone :: Tone (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones..
Millrynd :: Millrynd (n.) A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (n.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia..
Skip :: Skip (v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone..
Expiator :: Expiator (n.) One who makes expiation or atonement.
Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
Macadamize :: Macadamize (v. t.) To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface..
Refaction :: Refaction (n.) Recompense; atonement; retribution.
Clove :: Clove (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove..
Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..
Heading :: Heading (n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Capel :: Capel (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes..
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