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Autography :: Autography (n.) A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.

Dulciana :: Dulciana (n.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.

Essential :: Essential (a.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones..

Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..

Isotonic :: Isotonic (a.) Having or indicating, equal tones, or tension..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To try; to prove, as with a touchstone..

Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..

Consonant :: Consonant (a.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords..

Touch :: Touch (v.) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone..

Stonegall :: Stone-deaf (a.) As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.

Skirlcrake :: Skirlcrake (n.) The turnstone.

Limekiln :: Limekiln (n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.

Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.

Stonecray :: Stone-cold (a.) Cold as a stone.

Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..

Intune :: Intune (v. t.) To intone. Cf. Entune.

Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave..

Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Ginging :: Ginging (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.

Deeply :: Deeply (adv.) Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument..

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