(rare, obsolete, euphemistic) A bawd, the mistress of a brothel.

Within the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law.

The Latin language as used in law and legal documents, being a mixture of Latin with Old French and Latinized English words. / (humorous, obsolete) Barbarous Latin.

(idiomatic, obsolete) barbarous Latin; badly-spoken Latin.

(nautical) Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.

(computing) An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years.

(of a bet, or an amount of money) Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk. / (of an employee) Made unemployed or redundant.

The separation of the waters of a lake etc into three layers: epilimnion, metalimnion (or thermocline) and hypolimnion.

(nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.

Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterized by left-of-centre politics and support for organized labour.