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gle voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.

An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.

An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.

A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

cantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar. [Archaic] Almucanter staff, an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Knight.

art sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.

An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.

An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in ampères.

Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.