(masc.) a person guarding the entrance of a building; a doorkeeper.

a man of low, mean or base quality.

a man who has no money for his living; a broke.

a portion of a war-car (drawn by a horse or horses) for keeping military arms.

any of the small poles of a war-car, that protect the person inside from outside attack or obstruct the arrow, spear etc. thrown at; a crash-guard of a war-chariot.

(wood, furniture, etc.) to be eaten by termites.

(fig.) to become weak, useless.

the plant Pistia stratiotes of Araceae family; water lettuce; duck-weed.

to bend oneself.

to throw or put oneself in a prostrate position.

to sag or collapse as from burden, responsibility, etc.

a stopping the breath by closing the mouth and both nostrils with fingers of the right hand, a yogic exercise; a retention of breath inside.

(archit.) a hemispherical roof or one formed by a series of rounded arches or vaults on a round or many-sided base; a large cupola; a dome.

the plant Pistia stratiotes of Araceae family; water lettuce; duck-weed.

a kind of herb.

red fume (as emitted by burning chemicals, etc.).

a man who never or hardly divulges a secret to others, as a matter of habit.