‖ [ It. capotasto. ] (Music) A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of a guitar or other fretted instrument for the purpose of raising uniformly the pitch of all the strings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. metastoma, from Gr. meta` behind + sto`ma mouth. ] (Zool.) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, panto`s, all + sto`ma, sto`matos, mouth. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. &unr_; (see Penta-) + &unr_; a mouth. ] (Zool.) Same as Linguatulina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) A key or thing touched to produce a tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Tasto solo, single touch; -- in old music, a direction denoting that the notes in the bass over or under which it is written should be performed alone, or with no other chords than unisons and octaves. [ 1913 Webster ]