Definition of keep

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

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Crowkeeper :: Crowkeeper (n.) A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow..
Gateman :: Gateman (n.) A gate keeper; a gate tender.
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox..
Observer :: Observer (n.) One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice..
Keep :: Keep (n.) The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep..
Mind :: Mind (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc..
Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out..
Boxkeeper :: Boxkeeper (n.) An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes.
Bearward :: Bearward (n.) A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Countercaster :: Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.
Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Splashy :: Splasher (n.) A guard to keep off splashes from anything.
Storer :: Storekeeper (n.) One who keeps a store; a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3..
Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of..
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..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
Tradespeople :: Tradespeople (n.) People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
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