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Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

Kept :: Kept (imp. & p. p.) of Keep.

Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose..

Seal :: Seal (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret..

Ostiary :: Ostiary (n.) One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter..

Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods.

Conservation :: Conservation (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation..

Gorce :: Gorce (n.) A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.

Steward :: Steward (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like..

Expose :: Expose (v. t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Recommit :: Recommit (v. t.) To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee..

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

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

Observance :: Observance (n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties..

Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind..

Corkage :: Corkage (n.) The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.

Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..

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