nickname for liveried pageboy, now normally only in pantomimes. Switches activated by pressing. To fasten e.g. a shirt, coat.

preserved from harm. To defend someone or something from harm or danger.

of no value. not at all. Item of little or no value, importance, interest. not anything.

action of staying where one is or delaying action until particular time or event. To spend time until an expected thing happens.

Very exciting or energetic. action of moving or being moved to and fro or from side to side. To play, sing along with, or dance to heavy music.

Part on a phone you put next to your ear to hear.

thin strip cut off surface. Thin pieces of wood, cheese etc. that were cut off.

assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of highest quality. mark or wound made by scratching. To make a small cut or mark on a surface.

ability to withstand wear or damage.

referring to signals/information represented by discrete values of quantity.

To get or give points in a game, contest, or test.

To take place or occur.

clear and transparent. piece of natural substance with symmetrically arranged plane faces.

Hard, clear blue stone, used in jewellery.

with opposite sides or surfaces that are far apart.