that which covers, veils something; a cover; a veil.

a fold of a cloth, paper, etc.

the thin, outer layer of the skin of a snake that is periodically cast off.

the opaqueness of the crystalline lense or its capsule, as caused by cataract, resulting in partial or total blindness.

the innermost coat of theposterior part of the eyeball containing various layers of cells that are sensitive to light, connected to the brain through the optic nerve; the retina.

a thin membrane that separates the middle ear from the external ear and vibrates when struck by sound waves; the eardrum; tympanic membrane.

a fault; a flaw.

hypocritical cunning or deception; double-dealing; duplicity; dishonest dealing.

a resinous substance secreted by a species of insect, Laccifer lacca, that live on certain fig, soapberry, and acacia trees; lac.

an unreal, deceptive or misleading appearance or image.

the thin cover that envelops the faetus during its gestation period and which is discharged shortly after birth; placenta.

little scales or flakes of dead skin formed on the scalp; dandruff.

the outside covering of the stems and roots of trees and woody plants; the bark.

the amount or quantity by which one thing differes from another; difference.

the tube, in the respiratory tract of most land vertebrates, extending from the larynx to the two bronchi; the windpipe: trachea.

a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow hemisphere with a wide mouth on which a membrane stretched tightly, played by beating with the sticks; a kind of drum.

any woody extension growing from the trunk or main stem or from a main limb, of a tree; a branch.

(dial.) a new growth in a plant at its node.

the first of the four stages in which the sound is produced in humans.

the time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn.

to be strethed or opened out over a flat surface; to be spread out.

to spread (oneself) like a creeper over a wider area.

(an assembly, persons assembled) to break up and move away.

to go away.

to be destroyed or spoiled completely.

to become disarranged and untidy; to become dishevelled.

to mix up with something and become dirty or soiled.

to be scattered or strewn around in a disorderly manner.

to become expanded, spread out.

to move forward.

to join, associate (oneself) with.

to begin to be day; to dawn.

to move forward by dragging the body along the ground, as aworm; to crawl.

a large rock; a boulder.

a regular and repeated circuit of (an area, town, camp, etc.) in guarding; a patrolling.

he who patrols; a watchman; a guard.

a long metal bar, usu. with a bent, wedge-shaped end, used as a lever for prying, etc.; a crow-bar.

a short, thick, wedge shaped iron piece, used to pound or pulverise in kitchen.

the joint connecting the arm or forelimb with the body; the part of the body including this joint and extending to the base of the neck; the shoulder.