(v. t.) To arrest.
(n.) A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor;
tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
(n.) Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs;
peace; security.
(n.) Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
(n.) That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest
in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.
(n.) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to
support the lance.
(n.) A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn,
or permanently, as, in an abode.
(n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
(n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running
account.
(n.) A set or game at tennis.
(n.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the
character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are,
whole, half, quarter,etc.
(n.) To cease from action or motion, especially from action which
has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
(n.) To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or
still.
(n.) To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a
couch.
(n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column
rests on its pedestal.
(n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
(n.) To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without
anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
(n.) To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
(v. t.) To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
(v. t.) To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
(n.) That which is left, or which remains after the separation of
a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
(n.) Those not included in a proposition or description; the
remainder; others.
(n.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its
dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above
liabilities.
(v. i.) To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
