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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Key :: Key (n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit..
Semious :: Semious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sim/; monkeylike.
Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
Cockeye :: Cockeye (n.) A squinting eye.
Monkey-cup :: Monkey-cup (n.) See Nepenthes.
Hoonoomaun :: Hoonoomaun (n.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus.
Ateles :: Ateles (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita..
Mamgabey :: Mamgabey (n.) Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black..
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..
Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging..
Choky Chokey :: Choky Chokey (a.) Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion..
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole..
Donkeys :: Donkeys (pl. ) of Donke.
Culverkey :: Culverkey (n.) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.
Web :: Web (n.) The bit of a key.
Enharmonical :: Enharmonical (a.) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.
Jockey :: Jockey (v. i.) To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Truffled :: Truffled (a.) Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey..
Doctor :: Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine..
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