All secrets of the deep, all nature's works.
Milton.
3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed;
the genital organs.
In secret, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a state or
place not seen; privately.
Bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Prov. ix. 17.
Se"cret (?), v. t. To keep secret. [Obs.] Bacon.
Se"cret*age (?), n. [F.] A process in which mercury, or some of its
salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds
of furs. Ure.
Sec`re*ta"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a
secretary. [R.]
Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training.
Carlyle.
{ Sec`re*ta"ri*at (?), Sec`re*ta"ri*ate (?), } n. [F. secrétariat.] The
office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business,
keeps records, etc.
Sec"re*ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Secretaries (#). [F. secrétaire (cf. Pr.
secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL.
secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from
L. secretum a secret. See Secret, a. & n.] 1. One who keeps, or is
intrusted with, secrets. [R.]
2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or
private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis,
or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other
business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.
That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the
secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors.
Bacon.
3. An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the
affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a
member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as,
the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to
the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the
treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war,
etc.
4. A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the
arrangement of papers; an escritoire.