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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.

The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum.

out; to happen. It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. Knolles.

One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.

sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse. -- French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts. -- French pie Etym: [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zoöl.), the European great spotted…

Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior. A hasty and furtive ceremony. Hallam.

A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also called gammadion, and swastika.

An agent exciting secretion of milk.