Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Keeping secrets; observing secrecy.
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Examples
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I fancy I see a peculiar expression among these -- a contraction of the eyebrows and tightening of the lips -- a spying, secretive, and counsel-keeping expression.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy 1856
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