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Supply :: Supply (v. t.) To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition..

Verderor :: Verderor (n.) An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses..

Herdsman :: Herdsman (n.) The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

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..

Tantalize :: Tantalize (v. t.) To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment..

Keep :: Keep (n.) The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse..

Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..

Skewer :: Skewer (n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting..

Marker :: Marker (n.) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards..

Fan :: Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind..

Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..

Fosseway :: Fosseway (n.) One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.

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..

Gather :: Gather (n.) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc..

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

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