Definition of key

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Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..

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Horse-jockey :: Horse-jockey (n.) A professional rider and trainer of race horses.
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..
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..
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..
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Hermodactyl :: Hermodactyl (n.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic..
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) The principal ward of a key.
Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..
Transpose :: Transpose (v. t.) To change the key of.
Alouatte :: Alouatte (n.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2..
Lackeying :: Lackeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacke.
Lungoor :: Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India..
Turkey :: Turkey (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
Doric :: Doric (a.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.
Whiskey :: Whiskey (n.) Alt. of Whisk.
Limpet :: Limpet (n.) A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
Ouarine :: Ouarine (n.) A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.
Whiskeys :: Whiskeys (pl. ) of Whisk.
Polychord :: Polychord (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument..
Munga :: Munga (n.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet..
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