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Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..

House :: House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

Boniface :: Boniface (n.) An innkeeper.

Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed..

Crowkeeper :: Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow..

Innholder :: Innholder (n.) One who keeps an inn.

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd..

Abreast :: Abreast (adv.) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science..

Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..

Dock :: Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..

Intern :: Intern (a.) To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country..

Consort :: Consort (n.) A ship keeping company with another.

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..

Footman :: Footman (n.) A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire..

Residentiary :: Residentiary (n.) An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.

Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..

Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase..

Home-keeping :: Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home; not gadding.

Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.

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