KEY

n. Ke. Gr., icAei's. Lat.,-c?avis. Fr., clef (1st and 2d def's). Ger., Schlii el. 1. An appliance for locking or unlocking an apparatus (e. g., an extension splint). 2. An apparatus consisting of a knob to be turned with the fingers for making and breaking an electrical circuit. [B.] 3. A methodical and precise table of the principal divisions comprising a system of cla ification. 4. In the pi., fc's, fruits like those of the ash. because resembling a bunch of k's. [B, 1, 19. 130 (a, 35).] Analytical k. See CLEF analytique. K. of Garengeot. See Tooth-k. Tetanizing k. Ger., tet an is i render Schlii el. An apparatus used by Du Bois-Reymond for interrupting an induction current, thus alternately throwing a muscle into a condition of tetanus and shutting off entirely the current which pa es through it. [K, 35.] Tooth k. An instrument for A TOOTH KKT. extracting teeth, consisting of a steel shank having a movable clasp at one end and a cro -bar handle at the other. The clasp is adjusted on the inner side of the tooth, and the latter is extracted by turning the handle, the body of the jaw acting as a fulcrum. U", blue; U3, lull; U4, full: U6, urn; U, like ii (German). [s. 537]