melocoton, me loco tone, melocotoon

[Sp. melocoton =a peach tree grafted into a quince tree, the fruit of the tree, from Lat. malum cotoneum or Cydonium = an apple of Cydonia, in Crete, whence it came; a quince; Ital. melocotogno =a quince tree.] A quince; a large kind of peach. mĕ-lō-dě-on, s. [MELODY.] Music : 1. A wind-instrument with a row of reeds and operated by keys. In 1846 a method of drawing air through the reeds by suction-bellows was patented. melody Pre ure on the key drives down the pin and the valve, allowing pa age to the air. The principle is the same as that of the accordeon. *2. A music-hall. *mě-lod-Ic, a. [Eng. melod(y); -ic.] Of the nature of melody; relating to or composed of melody; melodious. mě-lod-1-cô, mě-lod-i-co-sō, adv . [Ital.] Music: Melodiously, sweetly. mě-lod-I-côn, s . [MELODY.] Music : An instrument made of steel bars in dif. ferent lengths tuned to the diatonic scale, struck with hammers held in the hand.