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Definition of key

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Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem..

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Neddy :: Neddy (n.) A pet name for a donkey.

Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys..

Unturn :: Unturn (v. t.) To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key..

Sequin :: Sequin (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value..

Key :: Key (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter..

Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.

Jockeys :: Jockeys (pl. ) of Jocke.

Belzebuth :: Belzebuth (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

Shinney :: Shinney (n.) The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.

Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..

Malbrouck :: Malbrouck (n.) A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..

Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..

Lackey :: Lackey (v.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

Pi–on :: Pi–on (n.) See Monkey's puzzle.

Set :: Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm..

Douc :: Douc (n.) A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China..

Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/..

Harmoniphon :: Harmoniphon (n.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube..