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Mot :: Mot (n.) A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent.

Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..

Unbridled :: Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions..

Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

Labor :: Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Dissolute :: Dissolute (a.) Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched..

Biggin :: Biggin (n.) A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought..

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain..

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.

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

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Straining :: Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strai.

Obstriction :: Obstriction (n.) The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond..

Bated :: Bated (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath..

Close :: Close (n.) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk..

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

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