A form of steel skullcap.
Private seclusion.
A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
Something not understood or known.
Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
To make or keep secret.
To hide secretly.
Being or kept hidden.
A metallic rod or pin.
A fall or stumble.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
A mess of something that has been dropped.
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
To reveal information to an uninformed party.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
To come undone.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.