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2,189 words match “TONE”

SEMIDITONE n.
A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]
SEMITONE n.
Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
SESQUITONE n.
A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
SEXTONESS n.
A female sexton; a sexton's wife.
SNAKESTONE n. 2 definitions
A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
SOAPSTONE n.
See Steatite, and Talc.
STARSTONE n.
Asteriated sapphire.
STEPPING-STONE n. 2 definitions
A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
STEPSTONE n.
A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
STINKSTONE n.
cite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.
STONE n. 16 definitions
earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a stone." Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. Gen. xi. 3.
STONE-BLIND a.
As blind as a stone; completely blind.
STONE-COLD a.
Cold as a stone. Stone-cold without, within burnt with love's flame. Fairfax.
STONE-DEAD a.
As dead as a stone.
STONE-DEAF a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
STONE-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
STONE-HORSE n.
Stallion. [Obs.] Mortimer.
STONE-STILL a.
As still as a stone. Shak.
STONEBIRD n.
The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2. [Local, U.S.]
STONEBOW n.
A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones. Shak.
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