Word Meanings - CLAVICHORD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte.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

• Stringendo
  Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax.
• KEYSTONESTATE
  Pennsylvania; -- a nickname alluding to its having been the central one of the 13 original United States.
• Keyboard
  The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.
• Stringent
  Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
• KEYTONE
  See Keynote.
• Key-cold
  Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
• Stringer
  One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
• Clarichord
  A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.
• Keyhole
  A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
• Stringhalt
  An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.
• Instrument
  That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
• Keynote
  The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
• Stringiness
  Quality of being stringy.
• Instrumental
  Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.
• Keyseat
  To form a key seat, as by cutting. See Key seat, under Key.
• Stringless
  Having no strings.
• Instrumentalist
  One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
• Keystone
  The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.
• Stringpiece
  A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:

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