Definition of key

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Key (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem..

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Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys..
Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..
Typewriter :: Typewriter (n.) An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper..
Key :: Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc..
Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..
Ateles :: Ateles (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita..
Key :: Key (n.) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
Keyage :: Keyage (n.) Wharfage; quayage.
Turk :: Turk (n.) A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey..
Barrigudo :: Barrigudo (n.) A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail..
Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) The Australian brush turkey.
Bhunder :: Bhunder (n.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus..
Sultanate :: Sultana (n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..
Mycetes :: Mycetes (n.) A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust..
Hoonoomaun :: Hoonoomaun (n.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus.
Jockey :: Jockey (n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Fifth :: Fifth (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key..
Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..
Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..
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