A riverside fortress in London, used as a palace, a prison and now a museum housing the Crown Jewels.

(military) An officer holding rank by virtue of a warrant rather than a commission. / (law enforcement) An officer assigned to execute warrants and other writs.

(transitive) To parry, or turn aside. / (transitive) To avert or prevent.

(intransitive) To leave a place quickly or briefly. / (transitive, idiomatic) To write quickly or informally.

To remove by pulling. / (idiomatic) To achieve; to succeed at something difficult. / To turn off a road (onto the side of the road, or onto another road).

(idiomatic) Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.

(archaic) A bill of health that states that there is infectious disease present in either a ship, or its port of departure.

(intransitive) to diminish in effect / (intransitive) to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused

A bill of health that states that there is no infectious disease present in a ship, or its port of departure. / (figuratively, by extension) A statement that indicates that there are no obvious problems.

A certificate stating whether or not there is infectious disease aboard a ship or in a port of departure, given to the ship's master to present at the next port of arrival