Definition of key

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Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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Donkey :: Donkey (n.) A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.
Bit :: Bit (v.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
Fingering :: Fingering (n.) The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc..
Jockeying :: Jockeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jocke.
Novaculite :: Novaculite (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate..
Jockey :: Jockey (n.) A professional rider of horses in races.
Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Organ :: Organ (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ..
Bagnio :: Bagnio (n.) A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves..
Caliph :: Caliph (n.) Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey..
Lotong :: Lotong (n.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).
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..
Water Turkey :: Water turkey () The American snakebird. See Snakebird.
Modulate :: Modulate (v. i.) To pass from one key into another.
Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..
Key :: Key (n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock..
Sapucaia :: Sapucaia (n.) A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot..
Saltant :: Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc..
Lackey :: Lackey (v. i.) To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
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