Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal..

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Inlagation :: Inlagation (n.) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing.
Bound :: Bound (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary..
Balsam :: Balsam (n.) Anything that heals, soothes, or restores..
Roost :: Roost (v. i.) To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch..
Pecan :: Pecan (n.) A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat..
Wild :: Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa..
Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation..
Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
Injury :: Injury (a.) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character..
Simpai :: Simpai (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae..
Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (n.) The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
Electrostatics :: Electrostatics (n.) That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.
Silva :: Silva (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
Relate :: Relate (v. t.) To bring back; to restore.
Inhibitory-motor :: Inhibitory-motor (a.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue..
Clique :: Clique (v. i.) A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.
Right :: Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal..
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