Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death..

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Pool :: Pool (v. t.) To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic..
New :: New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man..
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit..
Trite :: Trite (a.) Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject..
Lodging :: Lodging (n.) A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion..
Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..
Shirt :: Shirt (n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys..
Reposure :: Reposure (n.) Rest; quiet.
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Hireling :: Hireling (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary..
Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
Insist :: Insist (v. i.) To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.
Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..
Social :: Social (a.) Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties..
Opening :: Opening (n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings..
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..
By-end :: By-end (n.) Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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