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Definition of key

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Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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Meleagris :: Meleagris (n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys..

Munga :: Munga (n.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet..

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..

Marimonda :: Marimonda (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

Guereza :: Guereza (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white..

Monkeys :: Monkeys (pl. ) of Monke.

Natural :: Natural (a.) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key..

Guenon :: Guenon (n.) One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet..

Beg :: Beg (n.) A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

Mustache :: Mustache (n.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose..

Adjunct :: Adjunct (n.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a..

Choky Chokey :: Choky Chokey (a.) Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion..

Bagnio :: Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves..

Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..

Key :: Key (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.

Gobble :: Gobble (v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..

Araguato :: Araguato (n.) A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2..

Loutou :: Loutou (n.) A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.

Monkey''s Puzzle :: Monkey's puzzle () A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted as to puzzle a monkey to climb. The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi–on by the Chilians..