A secret word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword, a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group, A secret parole or countersign by which a friend may be distinguished from a stranger, and allowed to pass, verb_ computing, transitive To protect with a password

Plural form of password.

Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone, Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one, No longer current; gone by; over, noun_ The time before the present, A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful, A former time or state; a state of things gone by, adverb_ By; beyond, in a direction that passes, so as to pass a given point

Unleavened dough, made with wheat or other flour, water, and sometimes eggs, that is molded into any of a variety of shapes and boiled, a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient, shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

A mixture of flour and water boiled and sometimes strengthened by the addition of starch, and often preserved from molding by some added substance, used as a cement in various trades, as in bookbinding, leather-manufacture, shoemaking, etc, Figuratively, material, The inspissated juice of fruit to which gum and powdered sugar have been added, intransitive verb_ To cause to adhere by applying paste, To cover with something by using paste, Computers To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file, transitive verb_ To strike forcefully, To defeat soundly, To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste

A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group, One who has the care of a flock or herd; a herdsman; especially, a shepherd, A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish, verb_ Christianity To serve a congregation as pastor

A light tap or slap, especially with the hands, patent, a light touch or stroke, adjective_ having only superficial plausibility, exactly suited to the occasion, trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality, verb_ To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat, To gently rain, To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing, intransitive verb_ To run or walk with a tapping sound, To mold by tapping gently with the hands or a flat implement, To hit something or against something gently or lightly, adverb_ Readily or perfectly as a result of memorization or familiarization, opportunely, in a timely or suitable way, Perfectly, adjective_ trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality, timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken, Fitting or satisfactory in a superficial or contrived way, especially in being trite or glib

A piece of cloth, or the like, sewed on a coat or gown as a badge or ornament. In the extract it refers to the band on the cap, A small piece of silk or court-plaster used on the face, with the apparent purpose of heightening the complexion by contrast, A small piece of anything used to repair a breach, intransitive verb_ To make by sewing scraps of material together, To connect temporarily (electronic components), as with a patch cord, Electronics To be connected temporarily

Plural form of patch, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patch

a way especially designed for a particular use, a line or route along which something travels or moves, a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians, intransitive verb_ rare To walk or go, transitive verb_ rare To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one)