the notched extremity of a bow.

(gen.) the extreme end of anything.

a ear-ornament worn by women at the top of the helix.

a kind of necklace.

a knot or coil of hair worn by women at the top of the head; a chignon.

an ornamental metal plate worn by women on this.

decoration; embellishment.

beauty; grace; attractiveness; charm.

a deep, wide pit for the capture of wild elephants.

the thick, stringy mucus secreted by the mucous glands of the respiratory tract and discharged from the throat, as during a cold; phlegm.

the act of selling; exchange of property of any kind or of services, for an agreed sum of money or other valuable consideration; a sale.

any of various mainly long-tailed agile tree-dwelling primates of the families Cebidae, Callithricidae, and Cercopithecidae; a monkey.

a mischievous person, esp. a child.

a man who loves (a woman); a lover.

a depressed part or place; a hollow; a depression.

a hole or shaft sunk into the earth to tap an underground supply of water, gas, oil, etc; a well.

a tall spar or, now often, a hollow metal structure, sometimes in sections, rising vertically from the keel or deck of a vessel and used to support the sails, yards, radar and radio equipment, etc.; a mast of a vessel.

(fig.) a filthy condition, entanglement, etc.