*tony*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Astonied p. pr. & vb. n. Astonying. See Astone. ] To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; slackness; 'a priv. + &unr_; tone, strength, &unr_; to stretch: cf. F. atonie. ] (Med.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Betonies [ OE. betony, betany, F. betoine, fr. L. betonica, vettonica. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The purple or wood betony (Betonica officinalis, Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. boutonné, fr. boutonner to bud, button. ] (Her.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cross bottony (Her.), a cross having each arm terminating in three rounded lobes, forming a sort of trefoil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ornamented with a large number of buttons. “The buttony boy.” Thackeray. “My coat so blue and buttony.” W. S. Gilbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Crotonic + acet-ylene. ] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; secret + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; name. ] A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gluttonies [ OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie. ] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + &unr_; puncture. ] (Med.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Metonymy. ] Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. -- Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. metonymia, Gr. metwnymi`a; meta`, indicating change + 'o`nyma , for 'o`noma a name: cf. F. métonymie. See Name. ] (Rhet.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections; a city dweller has no wheels, that is, no automobile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. monotonie. See Monotonius. ] 1. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Stonier superl. Stoniest. ] [ AS. stānig. See Stone. ] 1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stony coral. (Zool.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; agreement. See Syn-; Tone. ] (Physics) State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]