Definition of rest

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Rest (n.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities..

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Jarring :: Jarring (n.) Discord; a clashing of interests.
Stuttering :: Stuttering (n.) The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering..
Topknot :: Topknot (n.) A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women..
Inlagation :: Inlagation (n.) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing.
Anglicanism :: Anglicanism (n.) The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party..
Five-twenties :: Five-twenties (n. pl.) Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years..
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.
Planaria :: Planaria (n.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial..
Monomania :: Monomania (n.) Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement..
Platen :: Platen (n.) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression..
Gallicanism :: Gallicanism (n.) The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church..
Unwarp :: Unwarp (v. t.) To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.
Restless :: Restless (a.) Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night..
Brestsummer :: Brestsummer (n.) See Breastsummer.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..
Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..
Vote :: Vote (v. i.) To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others..
Restore :: Restore (n.) Restoration.
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