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

Idiot :: Idiot (n.) A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office..

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

Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.

Counsel :: Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician..

Dedimus :: Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc..

By-lane :: By-lane (n.) A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road..

Selfishly :: Selfishly (adv.) In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

Back Stairs :: Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way..

Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..

Bondholder :: Bondholder (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

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..

Confidence :: Confidence (n.) Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them..

Publish :: Publish (v. t.) To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict..

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

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..

Covertly :: Covertly (adv.) Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Cabal :: Cabal (n.) A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto..

Signet :: Signet (n.) A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet..

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