Definition of key

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

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Jockeying :: Jockeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jocke.
Jockeyism :: Jockeyism (n.) The practice of jockeys.
Padishah :: Padishah (n.) Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia..
Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey..
Sapucaia :: Sapucaia (n.) A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot..
Ward :: Ward (n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it..
Grivet :: Grivet (n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota..
Albanian :: Albanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey..
Donkey :: Donkey (n.) A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
Jockeying :: Jockeying (n.) The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child..
Latchkey :: Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch..
Fourth :: Fourth (n.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key..
Anthropoidea :: Anthropoidea (n. pl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man..
Whisky :: Whisky (n.) A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.
Limpet :: Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
Stentorian :: Stentor (n.) A howling monkey, or howler..
C :: C () The keynote of the normal or natural scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same..
Rise :: Rise (n.) Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone..
Mask :: Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron..
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