Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security..

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Sectionalism :: Sectionalism (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook..
Faction :: Faction (n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good..
Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
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..
Clan :: Clan (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously..
Reanimate :: Reanimate (v. t.) To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits..
Thumbbird :: Thumbbird (n.) The goldcrest.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..
Declarator :: Declarator (n.) A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..
Private :: Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..
Funded :: Funded (a.) Existing in the form of bonds bearing regular interest; as, funded debt..
Incuriosity :: Incuriosity (n.) Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..
Electioneer :: Electioneer (v. i.) To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
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