A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
The virtuous desire for future good.
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
The actual thing wished for.
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
To wish.
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
A winding or spiral staircase.
One who acts in place of a superior.
A bad habit.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank