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. Number or value of zero. Not anything, not a single thing.

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 be extremely effective or pleasing.

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 mark or cut something with a sharp object.

take place.

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

Hard, clear blue stone, used in jewellery.

Less thin; more dense or fat.