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Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
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Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See {Tone}.
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2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
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3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
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4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
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The man that hath no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the
lower animals. See {Stridulation}.
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{Magic music}, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.
{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}.
{Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments.
{Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
or a church.
{Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced
by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
{Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
use of composers and copyists.
{Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
the musical staff.
{Music shell} (Zool.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod
shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so
called because the color markings often resemble printed
music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
{To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
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Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Facing}.]
1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or
to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to
confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field
of battle.
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I'll face
This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
--Dryden.
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2. To Confront impudently; to bully.
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I will neither be facednor braved. --Shak.
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3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front
toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general
faced the park; some of the seats on the train faced
backward.
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He gained also with his forces that part of Britain
which faces Ireland. --Milton.
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4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put
a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
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5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as,
to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
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6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than
the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the
surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
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7. (Mach.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth;
to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in
turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as
distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
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8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a
particular direction.
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{To face down}, to put down by bold or impudent opposition.
"He faced men down." --Prior.
{To face (a thing) out}, to persist boldly or impudently in
an assertion or in a line of conduct. "That thinks with
oaths to face the matter out." --Shak.
{to face the music} to admit error and accept reprimand or
punishment as a consequence for having failed or having
done something wrong; to willingly experience an
unpleasant situation out of a sense of duty or obligation;
as, as soon as he broke the window with the football,
Billy knew he would have to face the music.
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