Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) A set or game at tennis.

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Corrective :: Corrective (n.) Limitation; restriction.
Wood-note :: Wood-note (n.) A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird..
Dormant :: Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles..
Strait-laced :: Strait-jacket (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back..
College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..
Clear :: Clear (n.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear..
Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..
Confinable :: Confinable (a.) Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps..
Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..
Mastful :: Mastful (a.) Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut..
Cynical :: Cynical (a.) Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature..
Merestone :: Merestone (n.) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
Course :: Course (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race..
Rest-harrow :: Rest-harrow (n.) A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots..
Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..
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