REST

noun a set or game at tennis.

2. rest ·vt to arrest.

3. rest ·noun sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.

4. rest ·noun a short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.

5. rest ·vt to place, as on a support; to cause to lean.

6. rest ·noun to be satisfied; to acquiesce.

7. rest ·vt to lay or place at rest; to quiet.

8. rest ·vi to be left; to remain; to continue to be.

9. rest ·noun to be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.

10. rest ·noun the striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.

11. rest ·noun those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.

12. rest ·noun hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.

13. rest ·noun a projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.

14. rest ·noun to stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.

15. rest ·noun to sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.

xvi. rest ·noun a place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.

xvii. rest ·noun to cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.

xviii. rest ·noun that which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.

xix. rest ·noun a state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.

xx. rest ·noun that on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.

xxi. rest ·noun 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.

xxii. rest ·noun to lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.

xxiii. rest ·noun 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.

xxiv. rest ·noun to lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.