a single long cloth used to cover the privy parts, as by a male ascetic or poormen in warm climates; a loin cloth.

the external genital organs of the female, including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and the entrance to the vagina.

in men, the organ of sexual intercourse which is also the organ through which urine is ejected.

a regular payment of money, etc., made by one ruler or nation to another as acknowledgment of subjugation, for protection from invasion, etc.; tribute.

to break and turn up or remove (ground, etc.) with a spade or other tool or with hands, claws, snout, etc.; to dig.

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

(dial.) a kind of bag made of woven or plaited hemp, straw, rope, etc.

a small compartment in a cupboard.

a small fixed wheel, turning in a block, with a grooved rim in which a rope or chain runs, as to raise or lower a weight attached at one end by pulling on or releasing, the other end; a pulley.

a ring of gold or silver wire for the wrist or ankle, worn as an ornament or as the sign of a vow to a deity.

to cover, close (as a lid); to veil; to overspread (as cloud).

a hole, pit in the ground made to catch wild animals.

a deep, broad ditch dug around a farm, garden etc. for avoiding cattle coming in.

a water way for excess rain water to flow out of a areca field.

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.