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Rest(medicine)

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rest(1) (iou)



rest noun1.

A bed, a couch. OE-ME.
The natural repose or relief from daily activity obtained by sleep. OE.
(Temporary) freedom from, cessation of, or absence of labour, exertion, or activity; repose obtained by ceasing to exert oneself; an instance of this; a period of resting. OE.
Milton And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest. W. Cowper From toilsome life to never-ending rest. S. Bellow We ascended.., often stopping for a rest.
b. Freedom from distress, trouble, molestation, or aggression; peace of mind; quietness, tranquillity. OE.
H. F. Cary The truth, wherein rest is For every mind. C. Kingsley The impression of vastness and of solemn rest.
c. The repose of death or of the grave. Chiefly in go to rest, go to one's rest, be laid to rest below. ME.
d. Restored vigour or strength. rare (Shakes.). L16-E17.
A place to rest or stay; a residence, an abode. Now spec. an establishment providing shelter or lodging for sailors or fishermen. OE.
Absence, loss, or cessation of motion; continuance in the same position or place. In early use also, absence of sound, silence. LME.
a. Music. An interval of silence of a specified duration. Also, the character or sign denoting such an interval. E16.
b. A pause in elocution; a caesura in verse. E17.
A thing on which something else rests, a support or prop for holding or steadying something, as (a) a support for a firearm, employed in steadying the barrel to ensure accuracy of aim, esp. that used for a heavy musket; (b) a support for a cue in billiards, snooker, etc.; (c) a support or hook for a telephone receiver when not in use, incorporating a switch that is automatically closed when the receiver is lifted; (d) a projecting part of a removable denture that gives it support by lying against a tooth. E16.
bedrest, book rest, foot-rest, head-rest, knife-rest, leg-rest, etc.
Phrases: at rest (a) dead; (b) in a state of (physical or mental) repose, quiescence, or inactivity; untroubled; (c) settled. chapel of rest: see CHAPEL noun. day of rest: see DAY noun. give something a rest, give someone a rest: stop thinking or talking about something or someone. go to one's rest, go to rest arch. (a) go to bed for the night; (b) die. lay to rest: see LAY verb1. no rest for the wicked: see WICKED noun 1. set at rest satisfy, assure; settle, decide finally. take one's rest, take rest arch. (go to) sleep.
Comb.: rest-balk a ridge left unploughed between two furrows; rest-cure a rest, esp. of some weeks, as a medical treatment; rest-day (a) (now rare) = day of rest s.v. DAY noun; (b) a day spent in or set aside for rest; rest energy Physics the energy inherent in a body by virtue of its possession of rest mass; rest frame Physics a frame of Reference relative to which a given body is at rest; rest gown Hist. a gown used for evening wear at Home; rest-Home a place where old or frail people can live and be cared for; rest-house (a) in the Indian subcontinent, SE Asia, and Africa, a building for travellers to rest and shelter in; (b) an establishment catering for people requiring rest and recreation; rest level Geology the natural level of water in an aquifer or on the ground surface; rest mass Physics the mass of a body measured when it is at rest; rest room (a) a room (esp. in a public building) set aside for rest and quiet; (b) US a lavatory.

cantus firmus (iou)



cantus firmus noun phr. . M19.
[medieval Latin = firm song.]
Music. = CANTO FERMO.