the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure; the waist.

either of the two fleshy protuberances on the lower rear part of the human body; the posterior; the buttocks.

a hard or dry substance (as a piece of bread that has lost moisture in it).

a forest dwelling woman.

an assurance that one will or will not undertake a certain action, behaviour, etc.; a promise.

a wild buffalo, Bos gaurus; a bison.

a long, slender piece of wood for walking with or beating; a stick.

an informal unit for measuring the area of a bounded region or a plane.

a stick, graduated or not, used in measuring the land-area.

the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure; the waist.

to cut or puncture using the teeth; strike or bite (something) with a beak; to bite; to peck.

(an irritation in the skin) to be felt, (a desire to scratch it) to be caused.

an oblong roll of cotton thread.

a fold of skin over the navel.