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at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private. To eavesdrop in disguises. Milton.

ne who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.

rking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton.

The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. Brande & C.

Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.

The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system. Carlyle.

t was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. mission.

Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.

of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

he practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

The act of excreting. To promote secretion and excretion. Pereira.

public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret. The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.

d. It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. Addison.

ne of the features of the landscape. And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.

A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.

search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.

is title with some shows of truth. Shak. To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God" Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." Milton. -- To find fault with, to blame; to censure. -- To find o…

us seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.