Definition of Tonette

1. a simple flute [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonette

toneless
tonelessly
tonelessness
tonelessnesses
toneme
tonemes
tonemic
tonepad
tonepads
toner
toners
tones
tonetic
tonetically
tonetics
tonette (current term)
tonettes
tonewheel
tonewheels
tonewood
tonewoods
toney
tonfa
tong
tong ho
tonga
tongas
tongbaite
tonged
tonger

Literary usage of Tonette

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"23. FLOTE, ». A band, company, following; AIL Rom. Alexander, 11. 770, 1210. Addit. to FLOTE. FLOURE-.tonette, ». Great St John's- wort Errat in DICT. ..."

2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1844)
"Both Berge- tonette and I arose, she to receive her visitor, and I to retire. I saluted her with coldness ; she blushed, and with a motion which was gentle ..."

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