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Lapidate :: Lapidate (v. t.) To stone.

Hack :: Hack (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenienc

Cog :: Cog (n.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.

Lithograph :: Lithograph (v. t.) To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography..

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low..

Sawdust :: Sawdust (n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw..

Minor :: Minor (a.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third..

Mussitation :: Mussitation (n.) A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

Sandstone :: Sandstone (n.) A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

Voice :: Voice (v. t.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

Molasse :: Molasse (n.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

Piano :: Piano (a. & adv.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.).

Pore :: Pore (v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones..

Rockwork :: Rockwork (n.) Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.

Altar :: Altar (n.) A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.

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