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Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..

Arrester :: Arrester (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made.

Lockup :: Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. i.) To tarry; to rest.

Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..

Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..

Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..

Privilege :: Privilege (v. t.) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest..

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..

Arrested :: Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arres.

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.

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..

Caption :: Caption (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.

Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To arrest.

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

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

Arrestive :: Arrestive (a.) Tending to arrest.

Arrestation :: Arrestation (n.) Arrest.

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