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Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..

Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..

Bondage :: Bondage (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

Simper :: Simper (n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk..

Overstrained :: Overstrained (imp. & p. p.) of Overstrai.

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..

Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Stintedness :: Stintance (n.) Restraint; stoppage.

Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..

Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive..

Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..

Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..

Monotonist :: Monotonist (n.) One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

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