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Bound :: Bound (p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like..

Guard :: Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person..

Mad :: Mad (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform..

Free-living :: Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.

Strain :: Strain (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

Padlock :: Padlock (n.) Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Unbay :: Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open.

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..

Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..

Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

Continent :: Continent (a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Fatigue :: Fatigue (n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.

Frenum :: Frenum (n.) A connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain any part; as, the fraenum of the tongue..

Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To range at large, or without restraint..

Strainer :: Strainer (n.) One who strains.

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