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Furnished with keys; as, a keyed instrument; also, set to a key, as a tune. Keyed bugle. See Kent bugle.

A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

trument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.

A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte.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

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle. Moore.

m turning on the other. -- Key way, a channel for a key, in the hole of a piece which is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also key seat. -- Key wrench (Mach.), an adjustable wrench in which the movable jaw is made fast by a key. -- Power of the keys (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the ministry in…

An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument.

A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon.