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Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

Stress :: Stress (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance..

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc..

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

Strainable :: Strainable (a.) Capable of being strained.

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style..

Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail..

Volta :: Volta (n.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain..

Straint :: Straining () a. & n. from Strain.

Restrainable :: Restrainable (a.) Capable of being restrained; controllable.

Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..

Poinder :: Poinder (n.) One who distrains property.

Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..

Fatigue :: Fatigue (n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

Loose :: Loose (n.) Freedom from restraint.

Restraining :: Restraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Restrai.

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..

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