Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Keying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Key \Key\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Keying}.]
To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or
wedges. --Francis.
{To key up}.
(a) (Arch.) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its
centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.
(b) (Mus.) To raise the pitch of.
(c) Hence, fig., to produce nervous tension in.
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