Intense study of someone or something.
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
Empty space.
An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
An unoccupied position or job.
Lack of intelligence or understanding.
A blank mind, unoccupied with thought.
A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice