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Failure :: Failure (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise..

Bewake :: Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.

Raddle :: Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom..

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.

Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.

Cauf :: Cauf (n.) A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.

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.

Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..

Secretariate :: Secretariate (n.) The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc..

Isochronon :: Isochronon (n.) A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction..

Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..

Huswife :: Huswife (n.) A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below)..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..

Incubate :: Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching..

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