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A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.

iastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.

See Key, a ledge.

A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. [Sp. Am.]

uercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.

is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.

och worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.

Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.

A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.] He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens.

; very intimate. -- Cheek pouch (Zoöl.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. -- Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. -- Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. -- Cheek tooth (Anat.),…

Same as Monkey-puzzle.

when he was very young to write all his letters to England in cipher. Bp. Burnet. Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.

A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte.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

The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

One who carries the keys of any place.

Bearing a club or a key.