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Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To strain; to make tense.

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..

Limbus :: Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo..

Transcolate :: Transcolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, as through a sieve..

Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Rage :: Rage (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo..

Straint :: Straining () a. & n. from Strain.

Poinder :: Poinder (n.) One who distrains property.

Clog :: Clog (v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind..

Slack :: Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..

Spare :: Spare (n.) The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

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..

Sprain :: Sprain (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle..

Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

Free Will :: Free will () A will free from improper coercion or restraint.

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