Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead..

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Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..
Interest :: Interest (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
Incorrection :: Incorrection (n.) Want of correction, restraint, or discipline..
Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in..
Fellow-feeling :: Fellow-feeling (n.) Joint interest.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder..
Sylviculturist :: Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
Ennui :: Ennui (n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium..
Foliage :: Foliage (n.) Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
Outwrest :: Outwrest (v. t.) To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.
Agrestic :: Agrestic (a.) Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth..
Repristination :: Repristination (n.) Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.
Chondropterygii :: Chondropterygii (n. pl.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Inquietude :: Inquietude (n.) Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.
Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Cinnamon :: Cinnamon (n.) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices..
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