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Arrestee :: Arrestee (v.) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Faller :: Faller (n.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks..

Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..

Sparker :: Sparker (n.) A spark arrester.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..

Hysterogenic :: Hysterogenic (a.) Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria..

Hemostatic :: Hemostatic (a.) Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.

Tourniquet :: Tourniquet (n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached..

Arresting :: Arresting (a.) Striking; attracting attention; impressive.

Pause :: Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses..

Dashy :: Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.

Raid :: Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury..

Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested..

Right :: Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal..

Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..

Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..

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