Definition of key

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Key (v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

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Monkey :: Monkey (n.) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
Monkey''s Puzzle :: Monkey's puzzle () A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted as to puzzle a monkey to climb. The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi–on by the Chilians..
Stumped :: Stump (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece..
Mustac :: Mustac (n.) A small tufted monkey.
Saki :: Saki (n.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile..
Monkey :: Monkey (v. t. & i.) To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
Agha :: Agha (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect..
Patas :: Patas (n.) A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.
Turkey :: Turkey (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..
Cockeye :: Cockeye (n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead..
Key Tone :: Key tone () See Keynote.
Polychord :: Polychord (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument..
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon..
Tonic :: Tonic (n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale..
Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..
Steganophthalmata :: Steganography (n.) The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography..
Streptobacteria :: Strepsorhine (n.) One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.
Bubbling Jock :: Bubbling Jock () The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes..
Monkey-bread :: Monkey-bread (n.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia..
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