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sually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also punkah.] Malcom.

Skepticism; universal doubt.

A follower of Pyrrho; a skeptic.

nd groom. Shak. I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. Bacon. False quarter, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. -- Fifth quarter, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. -- On the quarter (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; o…

A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.

lass. -- Race horse. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zoöl.) The steamer duck.

The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.

fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them. H. L. Scott.

n served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.

The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson.

rhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent; -- so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night. [Colloq. or Cant]

ed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.

taining the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

The place where a register is kept.

hers, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continnue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.

uthful days or friendships. The pearis were split; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. Tennyson.

A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.

Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.] Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace forever slept. Sandys.

The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.