n.
An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood. →
n.
A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five. →
n.
The collective organs by which a plant produces its fruit, or seeds, or reproductive spores. →
n.
That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc. →
v. t.
To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret. →