latitationn.
/latɪˈteɪʃən/ The fact of lying concealed; hiding, lurking.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun]
skulking1297
skulkery?a1400
lotingc1400
lurking1563
mitching1577
lusking1579
latitation1623
latitat1647
skulk1858
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Latitation, a lurking.
1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence ii. 405 The women of Hungarie..buried their Children alive, lest their timorous outcryes might bewray the place of their abode, or latitation.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. Comm. 510 Avoidance of in jus vocatio by latitation or keeping house rendered a defendant liable to manus injectio.
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n.1623- mooring block
- mooring boat
- mooring bridle
- mooring buoy
- mooring chain
- mooring hook
- mooring mast
- mooring out
- mooring point
- mooring post
- mooring rope
- mooring stone
- mooring swivel
- mooring tower
- mooring-cable
- mooring-ground
- mooring-port
- mooringcable
- mooringground
- mooringport
- moorings
- moorish
- moorish brown
- moorish fly
- moorish idol