Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind..

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Identify :: Identify (v. i.) To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc..
Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..
Advantage :: Advantage (n.) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
Insist :: Insist (v. i.) To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon..
Surfaced :: Surface (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion..
Slater :: Slater (n.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To make good; to make amends for.
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification..
Side :: Side (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party..
Bilge :: Bilge (n.) That part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground..
Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill..
Hound :: Hound (n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature..
Balsamical :: Balsamical (a.) Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative..
Usure :: Usure (v. i.) To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
Unreserved :: Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.
Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Qualification :: Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification..
Repose :: Repose (v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch..
Modus :: Modus (n.) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like..
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