† ˈtonical, a. Obs.
[f. tonic a.: see -ical.]
1. = tonic A. 1.
| 1586 Bright Melanch. xxvi. 149 The spirits..are the authors by tonicall motion of erection [of muscles]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. i. 105 One kinde of motion, relating unto that which Physitians (from Galen) doe name extensive or tonicall. 1693 J. Beaumont On Burnet's Th. Earth ii. 88 The Tone or tonical Disposition of the Organs, whereby they perform their several Functions. 1733 Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. xii. §2 (1734) 240 A Defect in their [Muscles] innate Power of Contraction and Tonical Nature. |
2. = tonic A. 4.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Tonical, pertaining to tone, note, tune, or accent. 1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 7 Tonical [Echoes], such as return the voice but once, nor that neither, except adorned with some peculiar Musical note. 1737 Gentl. Mag. VII. 9/1 Whatever Musical or Tonical Notes were expressed in the Accents of the Text. |