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One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.

e.] [Obs.] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. Ray.

A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor.

The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law.

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

One who keeps a diary.

ligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity. Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17.

o dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship. A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. Macaulay.

tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.

heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude. -- To keep one's distance, to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity. If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he keeps his at the same time. Swift.

To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. Let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6.

That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." Shak.

with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.

The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [R.] R. Park.

The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.