Definition of tone

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Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners..

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Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag..
Flag :: Flag (v. t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.
Perch :: Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework..
Cross-stone :: Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide..
Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
Psarolite :: Psarolite (n.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone..
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..
Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. i.) To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly..
Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A person having a voice of such range.
Slab :: Slab (n.) A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces..
Petrify :: Petrify (v. t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance..
Hematite :: Hematite (n.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown..
Torment :: Torment (n.) An engine for casting stones.
Cobble :: Cobble (n.) A cobblestone.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions..
Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]..
Sulphonate :: Sulphonal (n.) A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone..
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone..
Lithology :: Lithology (n.) A treatise on stones found in the body.
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