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idered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone. [Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones. Milton. Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. Keble.

Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high- toned; sweet-toned. Toned paper, paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white.

Having no tone; unmusical.

A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.

A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.

A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.

A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. [Obs.] I would do much To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio. Shak.

ersonal suffering, and death of Christ. When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others. Spectator. The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense. Potter.

One who makes atonement.

Etym: [See At one.] [Obs.] Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer.

See At one. [Obs.]

A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

See Barytone.

Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary. E. Darwin.