Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.

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Chondropterygii :: Chondropterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter..
Frith :: Frith (a.) A forest; a woody place.
Moderation :: Moderation (n.) The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint..
Arrestive :: Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.
Field :: Field (n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room..
Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature..
Downlying :: Downlying (n.) The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. t.) To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action..
Footing :: Footing (n.) Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
Matrix :: Matrix (n.) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed..
Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..
Untraveled :: Untraveled (a.) Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest..
Silva :: Silva (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
Repairer :: Repairer (n.) One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends..
Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them..
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Privy :: Privy (n.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party..
Stopped :: Stoppage (n.) The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce..
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