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Tradespeople :: Tradespeople (n.) People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Refrain :: Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..

Cuttoo Plate :: Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..

Time :: Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..

Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.

Domiculture :: Domiculture (n.) The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc..

Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess.

Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

Custos :: Custos (n.) A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent.

Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Keep :: Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle..

Ward-corn :: Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise..

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