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Library :: Library (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library..

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

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..

Esoteric :: Esoteric (a.) Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric..

Terrier :: Terrier (n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like..

Postern :: Postern (a.) Back; being behind; private.

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

Earwig :: Earwig (v. t.) To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk..

Back :: Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism..

Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.

Peculium :: Peculium (n.) A special fund for private and personal uses.

Respectively :: Respectively (adv.) Partially; with respect to private views.

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual..

Subsigned :: Subsidy (n.) A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships..

Private :: Private (a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding..

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

Privateersman :: Privateersman (n.) An officer or seaman of a privateer.

Privately :: Privately (adv.) In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.

Open :: Open (a.) Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed..

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