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mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

e by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. Grove. Chose in action. (Law) See Chose. -- Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.

rms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the

Same as Æsopian.

A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.

A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.

itive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo

An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning. Grove. The crowing cock . . . Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear. Longfellow.

ke against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.

, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region. Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer.

Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

A mechanocal contrivance for exercesing the fingers of a pianist.

An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.

Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.

A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.

The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. W. Black.…

A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.