To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.

(baking) Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. / Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy. / (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate. / (anatomy) Trochlear.

(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

(intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. / (transitive) To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman

A female given name from English.

An island in Kenya. / A surname.

A surname.

A metaphor which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings.

(archaic, idiomatic) A foolish or dull-witted person.