(literary) time considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass

Part of or privy to involved in, (something private, especially a plan or plot).

Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.

A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists of frizzing the skin and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, etc.) ordinarily used in tanning.