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To set one's rest

Rest \Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r["o]st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r[=o]w, Gr. 'erwh`. Cf. Ransack.]

  1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
    --Chaucer.

    Sleep give thee all his rest!
    --Shak.

  2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.

    And the land had rest fourscore years.
    --Judges iii. 30.

  3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.

    How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest.
    --Collins.

  4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.

    He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
    --1 Kings vi. 6.

  5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.

    Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
    --Dryden.

  6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. ``Halfway houses and travelers' rests.''
    --J. H. Newman.

    In dust our final rest, and native home.
    --Milton.

    Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
    --Deut. xii. 9.

  7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a c[ae]sura.

  8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. ``An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests.''
    --Abbott.

  9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]

  10. (Mus.) 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.

    Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India]

    To set one's rest or To set up one's rest, to have a settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.]
    --Shak.
    --Bacon.

    Syn: Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; peace.

    Usage: Rest, Repose. Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are commonly interchangeable.