Definition of tone

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Tone (n.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones..

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Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
Sculpture :: Sculpture (n.) The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials..
Astoned :: Astoned (imp. & p. p.) of Aston.
Piation :: Piation (n.) The act of making atonement; expiation.
Subdued :: Subdue (v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors..
Baritone :: Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused..
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form..
Diorite :: Diorite (n.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone..
Butyrone :: Butyrone (n.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..
Siderite :: Siderite (n.) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone..
Undertone :: Undertone (n.) A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
Adamant :: Adamant (n.) Lodestone; magnet.
Stele :: Stela (n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc..
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ..
Magnetic :: Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian..
Nephrotomy :: Nephrotomy (n.) Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..
Ornitholite :: Ornitholite (n.) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..
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