- Casual reference - Passing reference - Reference - A figurative or symbolical reference. - A reference to something supposed to be known, but not
explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
- Clue - The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated. - Announcement; declaration. - A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a
remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his
design.