a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one; an excuse; a pretext.

a kind of musical instrument (a percussion instrument ?).

a thin, fine silk cloth used during winter to cover the shoulders, back and the chest.

(fig.) (a situation, condition) to be abhorrent, unbearable; to be offensive socially or morally.

a cause; a reason.

the place where the earth is dug, excavated; a trench; moat; a defensive ditch around a castle.

a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general level of the ground; a cloud.

the prepared fiber of the husks of coconuts, used to make matting and rope; coir.

a rope or a piece of rope made of this.

(dial.) the skin (of a fruit, seed, etc.) which is removed.

the supposed disembodied spirit of a person who was murdered.

any of the shaped sheets of canvas or other strong material spread to catch or deflect the wind, by means of which some vessels are driven forward; a sail.

deep or intense sorrow; grief.

(said of soil) turned up; dug; excavated.

an artificial pond or water-tank.

the reddish-brown or reddish-yellow coating formed on iron or steel by oxidation, as during exposure to air and moisture; any coating or film formed on any other metal by oxidation or corrosion; rust.

a style or way of forming letters and words in writing; a hand-writing.

something written by hand as a letter.

a man who writes, esp. whose work or occupation is writing; a writer.

a movable structure for opening or closing an entrance, as to a building or room, that usu. turns on hinges; a door.

moved away; departed; gone.

ended; over; past.

ruined.

of or relating to a former time; bygone.

descended (apparently, as the sun).

reached; arrived.

being within; inner.