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Sticker :: Sticker (n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper..

Teetee :: Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel..

Turkey :: Turkey (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The key or sound of the voice.

Lackey :: Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

Samiel :: Samiel (n.) A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria..

Progression :: Progression (n.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.

Harmoniphon :: Harmoniphon (n.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube..

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.

Jockeyism :: Jockeyism (n.) The practice of jockeys.

Marimonda :: Marimonda (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

Claviger :: Claviger (n.) One who carries the keys of any place.

Jockey :: Jockey (n.) A professional rider of horses in races.

Keyboard :: Keyboard (n.) The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc..

Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A/ for G/..

Primates :: Primates (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci..

Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..

Quadrumana :: Quadrumana (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle..

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