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Flabellation :: Flabellation (n.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance.

Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto..

Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence..

Safe-keeping :: Safe-keeping (n.) The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

Storax :: Storage (n.) The price changed for keeping goods in a store.

Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.

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..

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

Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security..

Exercise :: Exercise (n.) Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback..

Housekeeping :: Housekeeping (a.) Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities..

Housage :: Housage (n.) A fee for keeping goods in a house.

Deposit :: Deposit (n.) To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse..

Forest :: Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

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..

Consort :: Consort (n.) A ship keeping company with another.

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

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

Nil :: Nil (n. & a.) Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping..

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