Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
Being an exercise of thought; academic.
Having no practical impact or relevance.
A moot court.
A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality). from the 12th c.
A gauging wooden pins.
A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
Talk.
Vagina.
The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
To discuss or debate.
To make or declare irrelevant.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
To talk or speak.
To say, utter, also insinuate.
To take root and begin to grow.
To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.
Not having the power of speech; dumb. from 15th c.
Silent; not making a sound. from 15th c.
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
A stopped consonant; a stop. from 16th c.
An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. 16th-19th c.
A person who does not have the power of speech. from 17th c.
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker’s assistant. from 18th c.
An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. from 18th c.
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
To silence, to make quiet.
To turn off the sound of.
Of a bird: to defecate. from 15th c.
To cast off; to moult.
