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Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain..

Tutor :: Tutor (n.) A private or public teacher.

Privately :: Privately (adv.) In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.

Dispensatory :: Dispensatory (n.) A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government..

Loke :: Loke (n.) A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door..

Subsigned :: Subsidy (n.) A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships..

Drum :: Drum (n.) A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout..

Boudoir :: Boudoir (n.) A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room..

Countersign :: Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword..

By-room :: By-room (n.) A private room or apartment.

Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for..

Job :: Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Secretive :: Secretive (a.) Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial.

Billet :: Billet (v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses..

Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

Privity :: Privity (a.) Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.

By-interest :: By-interest (n.) Self-interest; private advantage.

Sneak :: Sneak (v. i.) To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company..

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