Definition of rest

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Rest (v. t.) To arrest.

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Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Prestation :: Prestation (n.) A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge..
Reposit :: Reposit (v. t.) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store..
Catachrestical :: Catachrestical (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched..
Magnetometer :: Magnetometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination..
Seat :: Seat (n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat..
Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
Statically :: Statical (a.) Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
Limited :: Limited (a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited..
Polycrotism :: Polycrotism (n.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism..
Rata :: Rata (n.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs..
Trammeler :: Trammeler (n.) One who, or that which, trammels or restrains..
Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall..
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