keyedadj.

Brit.

/kiːd/, U.S.

/kid/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: key n.¹, -ed suffix², key v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < key n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly key v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Having or bearing a key or keys; spec. (in early use) wearing robes bearing a representation of a key or keys. rare.

ΚΠ

1537 tr. Original & Sprynge all Sectes f. 40^v The order of the keyed monkes [Ger. Der schlüssel herrn Orden]. Thys order weareth two heauenly keys vpon a black cloke.

1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 260 (table) Keyed Monkes knightes of rhodes.

1858 G. A. Sala in W. A. Donaldson Fifty Years of Actor's Life 51 He [sc. a stage doorkeeper] has..to let no one pass his keyed and lettered den who is not connected with the theatre.

2009 ‘Rayanda’ Ten Thousand Suspects ix. 105 I..make a fist with the keys wedged between my fingers... I cross step into him with my keyed fist between us.

b. Of a lock, door, etc.: operated or opened by means of a key or (with modifying word) a specified number of keys. Cf. key lock n. at key n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > types of lock or door

keyless1781

keyed1836

unlockable1854

pickproof1861

1836 G. R. Porter Progr. of Nation ii. iv. 294 (table) 3 keyed till locks.

1873 Builder's & Contractor's Price-bk. (end matter) (advt.) The patent keyed door furniture..which they believe to be more secure..than any other variety.

1882 Sci. Amer. 15 July 45/2 (advt.) Stemwinding Permutation Locks... Cost little above keyed locks.

1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 110/1 (advt.) Portable tool cases... The cover is made of three-ply veneer..and has genuine Corbin two-keyed lock.

1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 146 Front panel and lid are secured by a keyed cylinder lock.

2010 Homes Mag. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 14 Aluminium sliding windows and doors with keyed locks.

2. Of a musical instrument: having or provided with keys; played using keys.In quot. 1761: having a specified number of sets of keys.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes

rural1592

unstringed1597

unstrung1598

keyed1761

fingerable1818

keyless1830

omnitonic1861

solo1862

sewing machine1874

unplayed1875

original1899

electrified1938

melodic1938

analogue1976

acoustic1978

1761 J. Arnold Compleat Psalmodist (ed. 5) Pref. p. iv Some Double-Keyed Harpsichords of his Make have been sold, as I have been informed, for ninety Guineas; his Single-Keyed, Ditto, for fifty Guineas.

1770 J. Hoyle Dict. Musica 87 It [sc. a semitone] is expressed upon fretted instruments by the space or distance of one Fret, and upon keyed instruments by the white Keys, &c.

1823 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. 5 488 J. Slama..executed a concerto on the keyed trumpet with great skill.

1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer III. xii. 223 A pawn-ticket for a keyed flute.

1911 H. W. Richards Organ Accompaniment of Church Services xii. 120 The original accompaniments in older works are..written for strings, and will, therefore, require some alteration when performed upon a keyed instrument.

1990 Classic CD July 7/2 Anton Weidinger..had invented a keyed trumpet, with keys similar to those on a woodwind instrument.

3. Secured, fastened, or strengthened by means of a pin, wedge, piece of wood, etc. Cf. key n.¹ 12. keyed mitre n. a mitre joint strengthened by the insertion of keys.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [adjective] > secured or strengthened by means of a key

keyed1788

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint

indenting1382

scarf1497

swallowtail1548

dovetail1565

mortise-piece1577

tenon and mortise1610

culver-tail1616

mortise and tenon1631

finger joint1657

breaking joint1663

meeting1663

mitre1665

scarfing1671

heading joint1773

dovetail-joint1776

butting joint1803

bevel-joint1823

lap-joint1823

lapped mitre1825

mitre dovetail1847

bridle joint1860

mortise1875

sypher-joint1875

keyed mitre1876

tongue-and-groove1882

saddle joint1948

1788 J. Carter Builder's Mag. (new ed.) 2 3/2 Dado..keyed.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 587 Keyed-dado, dado secured from warping by bars grooved into the back.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 79 A keyed and riveted scarph, joining two arms.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 489/1 A keyed mitre.

1900 Universal Cycl. (new ed.) X. 647 The blades are then attached to the hub by bolts, or by some form of dovetailed and keyed joint.

1973 Operators Man. 12/2 File bands can be used for both external and internal filing, because they have a keyed, separable joint.

1999 Furnit. & Cabinetmaking July 36 The keyed mitre joint is, in effect, two joints; the mitre, which is a notoriously weak joint, and the strengthening keys.

2010 Table Bk. (Pop. Woodworking) 57/1 In most pieces with a keyed tenon, the mortise is angled slightly to allow the key to wedge in a straight mortise.

4. Of an arch: constructed with a keystone.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > types of arch

schemed1715

rampant1725

surmounted1728

ox-eyed1736

round-headed1751

full-centred1756

rounded1757

shark-toothed1794

straight1812

spandrelled1813

keyed1822

full centre1837

ogival1841

ogived1845

subarcuated1849

bonnet-headed1850

ogeed1851

uncusped1859

voussoired1875

subordered1898

1822 Q. Rev. Oct. 66 The ceiling of the sanctuary..was a regular keyed arch.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. iv. 155 In the time of Pericles..we discover in at least one of the great temples of Greece the keyed arch.

1910 Bricklayer, Mason & Plasterer Aug. 177/2 The keyed arches rarely fall, as pressure tightens the component voussoirs.

1993 Illinois Hist. Jrnl. 86 175/2 Masonry surfaces were expressive, with brick quoins, keyed arches or headers over windows, and rusticated limestone foundations.

5. Originally U.S. keyed-up: in a state of tension or excitement; excited, stimulated. Cf. to key up at key v. Phrasal verbs 1.

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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective]

tautc1275

rigid?a1425

high-strung1653

wound-up1788

stretched1799

high-toned1804

overstrung1810

intense1817

tense1821

high-tuned1827

screwed-up1829

twittery1840

high-keyed1848

strung-up1853

strained1863

tensioned1872

twitchy1874

keyed-up1885

tensed1911

uptight1934

wired1970

1885 Amer. Teacher Sept. 49/1 Another speeding across the room by the teacher, and uneasy waiting for that keyed-up, nervous troop to follow.

1895 Looker-on Dec. 252 I was aware that people were saying good-night; the keyed-up spirits had fallen flat, the evening was over.

1904 G. Ade True Bills 35 He was all keyed up for Matrimony, and the next thing to do was to choose the Lucky Bride.

1926 H. Crane Let. 5 Jan. (1965) 231 One really has to keep one's self in such a keyed-up mood for the thing.

1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands ix. 187 Although he was emotionally keyed up, Sherman yawned.

2006 Field & Stream Nov. 68 The rut starts three weeks before does are ready to receive them, which puts them in a keyed-up state.

6. Electronics. Cf. key v. 8a.

a. Of a signal: rapidly switched on or off, as in telegraphic transmissions.

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1929 Brit. Patent 292,916 2/1 After the expiration of the signal elements associated with the particular keyed signal..a device is set into operation carrying out the printing of the particular signal.__

1943 F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. ix. 630 Keying causes the load placed on a power-supply system by the keyed stages to change abruptly.

1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiii. 900/2 The shift cannot be reduced below the information bandwidth of the keyed signal itself, roughly..about 100Hz for ordinary radioteletype.

2008 W. Silver ARRL Extra Class License Man. x. 13 Libration fading gives the impression of a randomly keyed signal.

b. Designating an electronic device provided with a means by which it may be rapidly switched on and off.

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1935 U.S. Patent 2,014,102 1/1 A meter..which can be adjusted to operate as a sustained peak reading meter and which is therefore useful in regulating the wave produced by keyed transmitters.

1961 L. F. Gray & R. Graham Radio Transmitters vi. 138 Frequency variation of a keyed oscillator..can be reduced by making the oscillator frequency independent of supply voltages.

2001 A. Herman How Scots invented Mod. World xiv. 400 The eighteen-year-old Alex had conceived the possibility of the electrical transmission of actual human speech, not just dots and dashes on a keyed device.

Compounds

keyed bugle n. = key bugle n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > bugle

buglea1375

buglet1803

key bugle1818

keyed bugle1818

1818 Morning Chron. 22 Dec. 4/3 (advt.) Comprising two grand and six square piano-fortes,..military drums, keyed bugles, horns, 100 fine old violins, concert flutes, &c.

1911 A. A. Clappé Wind-band & Instruments xvii. 198 The keyed bugle, built on false proportions, offered no prospect of improvement.

2002 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 11 Dec. w2 Pino and his troupe will perform on keyed bugles, natural horns,..19th-century trombones, a Russian bassoon and a single key wooden flute.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	keyed
释义	keyedadj. Brit. /kiːd/, U.S. /kid/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: key n.¹, -ed suffix², key v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < key n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly key v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Having or bearing a key or keys; spec. (in early use) wearing robes bearing a representation of a key or keys. rare. ΚΠ 1537 tr. Original & Sprynge all Sectes f. 40^v The order of the keyed monkes [Ger. Der schlüssel herrn Orden]. Thys order weareth two heauenly keys vpon a black cloke. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 260 (table) Keyed Monkes knightes of rhodes. 1858 G. A. Sala in W. A. Donaldson Fifty Years of Actor's Life 51 He [sc. a stage doorkeeper] has..to let no one pass his keyed and lettered den who is not connected with the theatre. 2009 ‘Rayanda’ Ten Thousand Suspects ix. 105 I..make a fist with the keys wedged between my fingers... I cross step into him with my keyed fist between us. b. Of a lock, door, etc.: operated or opened by means of a key or (with modifying word) a specified number of keys. Cf. key lock n. at key n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > types of lock or door keyless1781 keyed1836 unlockable1854 pickproof1861 1836 G. R. Porter Progr. of Nation ii. iv. 294 (table) 3 keyed till locks. 1873 Builder's & Contractor's Price-bk. (end matter) (advt.) The patent keyed door furniture..which they believe to be more secure..than any other variety. 1882 Sci. Amer. 15 July 45/2 (advt.) Stemwinding Permutation Locks... Cost little above keyed locks. 1918 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 110/1 (advt.) Portable tool cases... The cover is made of three-ply veneer..and has genuine Corbin two-keyed lock. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 146 Front panel and lid are secured by a keyed cylinder lock. 2010 Homes Mag. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 14 Aluminium sliding windows and doors with keyed locks. 2. Of a musical instrument: having or provided with keys; played using keys.In quot. 1761: having a specified number of sets of keys. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes rural1592 unstringed1597 unstrung1598 keyed1761 fingerable1818 keyless1830 omnitonic1861 solo1862 sewing machine1874 unplayed1875 original1899 electrified1938 melodic1938 analogue1976 acoustic1978 1761 J. Arnold Compleat Psalmodist (ed. 5) Pref. p. iv Some Double-Keyed Harpsichords of his Make have been sold, as I have been informed, for ninety Guineas; his Single-Keyed, Ditto, for fifty Guineas. 1770 J. Hoyle Dict. Musica 87 It [sc. a semitone] is expressed upon fretted instruments by the space or distance of one Fret, and upon keyed instruments by the white Keys, &c. 1823 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. 5 488 J. Slama..executed a concerto on the keyed trumpet with great skill. 1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer III. xii. 223 A pawn-ticket for a keyed flute. 1911 H. W. Richards Organ Accompaniment of Church Services xii. 120 The original accompaniments in older works are..written for strings, and will, therefore, require some alteration when performed upon a keyed instrument. 1990 Classic CD July 7/2 Anton Weidinger..had invented a keyed trumpet, with keys similar to those on a woodwind instrument. 3. Secured, fastened, or strengthened by means of a pin, wedge, piece of wood, etc. Cf. key n.¹ 12. keyed mitre n. a mitre joint strengthened by the insertion of keys. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [adjective] > secured or strengthened by means of a key keyed1788 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint indenting1382 scarf1497 swallowtail1548 dovetail1565 mortise-piece1577 tenon and mortise1610 culver-tail1616 mortise and tenon1631 finger joint1657 breaking joint1663 meeting1663 mitre1665 scarfing1671 heading joint1773 dovetail-joint1776 butting joint1803 bevel-joint1823 lap-joint1823 lapped mitre1825 mitre dovetail1847 bridle joint1860 mortise1875 sypher-joint1875 keyed mitre1876 tongue-and-groove1882 saddle joint1948 1788 J. Carter Builder's Mag. (new ed.) 2 3/2 Dado..keyed. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 587 Keyed-dado, dado secured from warping by bars grooved into the back. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 79 A keyed and riveted scarph, joining two arms. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 489/1 A keyed mitre. 1900 Universal Cycl. (new ed.) X. 647 The blades are then attached to the hub by bolts, or by some form of dovetailed and keyed joint. 1973 Operators Man. 12/2 File bands can be used for both external and internal filing, because they have a keyed, separable joint. 1999 Furnit. & Cabinetmaking July 36 The keyed mitre joint is, in effect, two joints; the mitre, which is a notoriously weak joint, and the strengthening keys. 2010 Table Bk. (Pop. Woodworking) 57/1 In most pieces with a keyed tenon, the mortise is angled slightly to allow the key to wedge in a straight mortise. 4. Of an arch: constructed with a keystone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > types of arch schemed1715 rampant1725 surmounted1728 ox-eyed1736 round-headed1751 full-centred1756 rounded1757 shark-toothed1794 straight1812 spandrelled1813 keyed1822 full centre1837 ogival1841 ogived1845 subarcuated1849 bonnet-headed1850 ogeed1851 uncusped1859 voussoired1875 subordered1898 1822 Q. Rev. Oct. 66 The ceiling of the sanctuary..was a regular keyed arch. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. iv. 155 In the time of Pericles..we discover in at least one of the great temples of Greece the keyed arch. 1910 Bricklayer, Mason & Plasterer Aug. 177/2 The keyed arches rarely fall, as pressure tightens the component voussoirs. 1993 Illinois Hist. Jrnl. 86 175/2 Masonry surfaces were expressive, with brick quoins, keyed arches or headers over windows, and rusticated limestone foundations. 5. Originally U.S. keyed-up: in a state of tension or excitement; excited, stimulated. Cf. to key up at key v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adjective] tautc1275 rigid?a1425 high-strung1653 wound-up1788 stretched1799 high-toned1804 overstrung1810 intense1817 tense1821 high-tuned1827 screwed-up1829 twittery1840 high-keyed1848 strung-up1853 strained1863 tensioned1872 twitchy1874 keyed-up1885 tensed1911 uptight1934 wired1970 1885 Amer. Teacher Sept. 49/1 Another speeding across the room by the teacher, and uneasy waiting for that keyed-up, nervous troop to follow. 1895 Looker-on Dec. 252 I was aware that people were saying good-night; the keyed-up spirits had fallen flat, the evening was over. 1904 G. Ade True Bills 35 He was all keyed up for Matrimony, and the next thing to do was to choose the Lucky Bride. 1926 H. Crane Let. 5 Jan. (1965) 231 One really has to keep one's self in such a keyed-up mood for the thing. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands ix. 187 Although he was emotionally keyed up, Sherman yawned. 2006 Field & Stream Nov. 68 The rut starts three weeks before does are ready to receive them, which puts them in a keyed-up state. 6. Electronics. Cf. key v. 8a. a. Of a signal: rapidly switched on or off, as in telegraphic transmissions. ΚΠ 1929 Brit. Patent 292,916 2/1 After the expiration of the signal elements associated with the particular keyed signal..a device is set into operation carrying out the printing of the particular signal.__ 1943 F. E. Terman Radio Engineers' Handbk. ix. 630 Keying causes the load placed on a power-supply system by the keyed stages to change abruptly. 1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiii. 900/2 The shift cannot be reduced below the information bandwidth of the keyed signal itself, roughly..about 100Hz for ordinary radioteletype. 2008 W. Silver ARRL Extra Class License Man. x. 13 Libration fading gives the impression of a randomly keyed signal. b. Designating an electronic device provided with a means by which it may be rapidly switched on and off. ΚΠ 1935 U.S. Patent 2,014,102 1/1 A meter..which can be adjusted to operate as a sustained peak reading meter and which is therefore useful in regulating the wave produced by keyed transmitters. 1961 L. F. Gray & R. Graham Radio Transmitters vi. 138 Frequency variation of a keyed oscillator..can be reduced by making the oscillator frequency independent of supply voltages. 2001 A. Herman How Scots invented Mod. World xiv. 400 The eighteen-year-old Alex had conceived the possibility of the electrical transmission of actual human speech, not just dots and dashes on a keyed device. Compounds keyed bugle n. = key bugle n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > bugle buglea1375 buglet1803 key bugle1818 keyed bugle1818 1818 Morning Chron. 22 Dec. 4/3 (advt.) Comprising two grand and six square piano-fortes,..military drums, keyed bugles, horns, 100 fine old violins, concert flutes, &c. 1911 A. A. Clappé Wind-band & Instruments xvii. 198 The keyed bugle, built on false proportions, offered no prospect of improvement. 2002 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 11 Dec. w2 Pino and his troupe will perform on keyed bugles, natural horns,..19th-century trombones, a Russian bassoon and a single key wooden flute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1537
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