tuneless, tunelesse

[Eng. tune; -le .] 1. Unmusical, inharmonious. ( Scott: Rokeby.i.4.) 2. Not employed in making music; not giving out musical sounds. 3. Not expre ed rhythmically or musically; unexpre ed; silent; without voice or utterance. tūn'-er, s. [English tun (e), v.; -er.] One who tunes; spec if., one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments. tung, s. [Native name.) (See compound.) tung-oil, s. Chem.: A slightly acrid oil expre ed from the nuts of various species of Elmococca, a native of Japan. In Japan it is used as an article of food; in China for painting boats, furniture, ., and in the Mauritius for burning. *tun-greve, s. [A. S. tún =a town, and gréve =a reeve.] A town reeve, or bailiff. ( Cowel .) tungs-tāte, s. [Eng. tungst (ic); -ate .] Chem.: A salt of tungstic acid. Tungstate of iron, tungstate of iron and manganese Wolfram ; tungstate of lead = Stolzite ; tungstate of lime= Scheelite .