Definition of key

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Key (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

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Whiskey :: Whiskey (n.) Same as Whisky, a liquor..
Pass-key :: Pass-key (n.) A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.
Adansonia :: Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth..
Key :: Key (n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit..
Ouarine :: Ouarine (n.) A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.
Bhunder :: Bhunder (n.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus..
Laguay :: Laguay (n.) A lackey.
Kahau :: Kahau (n.) A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey..
Clavis :: Clavis (n.) A key; a glossary.
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon..
Rhesus :: Rhesus (n.) A monkey; the bhunder.
Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key..
Unturn :: Unturn (v. t.) To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key..
Lackey :: Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
Wistit :: Wistit (n.) A small South American monkey; a marmoset.
Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..
Jockeying :: Jockeying (n.) The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm..
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