Hypertext Webster Gateway: "atones"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Atones \At*ones\, adv. [See {At one}.] [Obs.]
Down he fell atones as a stone. --Chaucer.
Atonic \A*ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. atonique. See {Atony}.]
1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy;
as, an atonic disease.
2. (Gram.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable.
3. Destitute of tone vocality; surd. --Rush.
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