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keyless, a.|ˈkiːlɪs|
[f. key n.1 + -less.]
Without a key or keys. a. Of a door or lock.
1823Byron Island iv. vi, A spacious cave, Whose only portal was the keyless wave. 1860Reade Cloister & H. xciv, Faith and simplicity had guarded that keyless door.
b. Of a watch or clock which is wound up otherwise than by means of a key. Hence of a mechanism, method of winding, etc.
1828Mech. Mag. IX. 66 Berrollas' keyless watch or clock. 1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 133 The simple keyless mechanism used for going barrels is not suitable for the fusee. Ibid. 247 The ordinary method of keyless winding.
c. Of a musical instrument.
1875tr. Blaserna's Th. Sound v. §8 The primitive keyless trumpet.
d. Without explanatory key.
1861J. Pycroft Ways & Words 83 Such compositions have..a voice only for the initiated, but are keyless mysteries to all others. 1892Pall Mall G. 22 Sept. 2/1 We find your work so abstruse, your parables so keyless. |