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By-law :: By-law (n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.

Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust..

Rehearse :: Rehearse (v. t.) To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy..

Byway :: Byway (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one..

Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars..

Vendetta :: Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.

Ostracize :: Ostracize (v. t.) To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends..

Homily :: Homily (n.) A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life..

Spirit :: Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up..

Soldier :: Soldier (n.) Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer..

Chairman :: Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body..

Shame :: Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.

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

Elope :: Elope (v. t.) To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart..

Caper :: Caper (n.) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer..

Privateer :: Privateer (n.) The commander of a privateer.

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

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) Close; secret; private.

Ruelle :: Ruelle (n.) A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.

Private :: Private (n.) Personal interest; particular business.

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