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The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.

The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.

illed down Her delicate cheek. Shak. Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. Glover.

to trip and dance. Chaucer. Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. Milton. She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight. Dryden.

ty; nimbly. Sing, and dance it trippingly. Shak. Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue. Shak.

To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn. To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. Milton.

ps into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is…

An interpreter. See Dragoman. [Obs.] And after, by the tongue, Her truchman, she reports the mind's each throw. B. Jonson.

ing, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. Under his tongue a truelove he bore. Chaucer. Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; -- called also true-lover's knot.

first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. Dryden.

Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

stancy; steadfastness; faithfulness. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth. Coleridge.

A pair of blacksmith's tongs.

A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]

A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." Shak.

trument consisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain fixed tone. It is used for tuning instruments, or for ascertaining the pitch of tunes.

See Tonnage.

Double-tongued; deceitful. Sandys.

ucer. I understand not what you mean by this. Shak. Understood not all was but a show. Milton. A tongue not understanded of the people. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.