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Wardian :: Wardian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman..

Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation..

Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..

Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison..

Sequestrator :: Sequestrator (n.) One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.

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

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..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables..

Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..

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..

Dossil :: Dossil (n.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent..

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold..

Custody :: Custody (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

Recording :: Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph..

Press :: Press (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press..

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..

Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.

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..

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