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Rule :: Rule (v. i.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before..

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs..

Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..

Nil :: Nil (n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping..

Consigne :: Consigne (n.) One who is orders to keep within certain limits.

Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.

Dealer :: Dealer (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer..

Lurk :: Lurk (v. i.) To keep out of sight.

Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee..

Armory :: Armory (n.) A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.

Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another..

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

Mystagogue :: Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.

Custody :: Custody (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security..

Pinder :: Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..

Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..

Keepsake :: Keepsake (n.) Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship..

Studding :: Studdery (n.) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud..

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard..

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