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toned, ppl. a. and a.|təʊnd|
I. ppl. a. [f. tone v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Sounded with the proper, or a specified, tone.
c1460Towneley Myst. xii. 419 Thay [notes] were gentyll and small, And well tonyd with all. 1533Bellenden Livy v. xviii. (S.T.S.) II. 208 The cryis & evill tonyt sangis of þe gaulis.
b. Of body or mind: Brought into tone (tone n. 7); braced, strung. Chiefly with adv., as well-toned, toned-up.
1742Young Nt. Th. viii. 1285 Juices, thro' the well-ton'd Tubes, well-strain'd. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiv. III. 432 A human being whose mind was quite as firmly toned at eighty as at forty. 1879H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §36. 90 Showing by toned-up face and vivacious manner..greater energy.
2. a. Slightly or finely coloured or shaded; tinted. toned paper, paper which is not quite white, but cream-coloured or slightly buff.
1864N. & Q. 3rd Ser. VI. 454/1 That yellowish-coloured, or what is now called toned paper, is..more beautiful and pleasant to the eyes than the glaring white paper of modern times. 1869Advt. in A. Stafford's Fem. Glory, Toned paper, limp cloth, red edges. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. iv. 117 Soft shades of those toned marbles which fit so tenderly into each other.
b. Photogr. Treated with chemicals so as to acquire the desired tone or shade of colour.
1861Photogr. News Alm. in Circ. Sc. (c 1865) I. 155/1 Imperfectly-toned patches will be the result. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 97 The toned and fixed prints are immersed in a strong solution of common salt.
3. toned-down, modified, reduced in intensity.
1974Listener 24 Jan. 122/2 The dances are in effect toned-down Bartok. 1981V. Glendinning Edith Sitwell v. 83 Edith published two very similar accounts of Wyndham Lewis..both toned-down versions of a provocative essay she wrote.
II. adj. [f. tone n. + -ed2.] In combination: Having a tone (in various senses) of a specified kind or quality; e.g. deep-toned, fine-toned, high-toned, low-toned. See also the adjs.
1790Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) I. 350 A higher toned Government than that of England. 1812W. Tennant Anster F. iii. xli, The brass-ton'd clarion gave the air a thump. 1870Rock Text. Fabr. vi. (1876) 54 A fine toned yellow as a ground. 1896Idler Mar. 291/2 The deep⁓toned, old-fashioned furniture of the housekeeper's room. |