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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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456 words match “KEY”

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.

A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. Totten.

A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.

SPACE BAR; SPACE KEY n.

A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters.

A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.

Close; sultry. [Prov. Eng.]

A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery.

TURKEY n. 2 definitions

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia. Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsew…

An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot, followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owning to the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances are the bunny hug and grizzly bear, so called in allusion to…

Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TURNKEY n. 2 definitions

A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.

WATER MONKEY n.

A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.

WATER TURKEY n.

The American snakebird. See Snakebird.

Same as Whisky, a liquor.

WHISKEY; WHISKY n.

A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim- whiskey.

WHISKY RING; WHISKEY RING n.

A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.

WHISKY; WHISKEY n.

An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentuck…