Definition of key

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Key (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter..

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Jockeys :: Jockeys (pl. ) of Jocke.
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) The principal ward of a key.
Gobble :: Gobble (v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.
Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..
Batman :: Batman (n.) A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds..
Ulema :: Ulema (n.) A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice..
Shinty :: Shinty (n.) A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game..
Whiskyfied :: Whiskyfied (a.) Alt. of Whiskeyfie.
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
Jockeyism :: Jockeyism (n.) The practice of jockeys.
Stolae :: Stokey (a.) Close; sultry.
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man..
Novaculite :: Novaculite (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate..
Pianoforte :: Pianoforte (a.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys..
Lock :: Lock (n.) Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened..
Coccyx :: Coccyx (n.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
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..
Ward :: Ward (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
Fissurella :: Fissurella (n.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet..
Saimir :: Saimir (n.) The squirrel monkey.
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