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Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ness, n.

Not treasured; not kept as treasure.

And when the sun was up, they were scorched. Matt. xiii. 6. Those that were up themselves kept others low. Spenser. Helen was up -- was she Shak. Rebels there are up, And put the Englishmen unto the sword. Shak. His name was up through all the adjoining provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring to see who he was…

ted to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.

om appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary. He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. 2 Kings x. 22.…

That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping. No man sets himself about anything but upon some view or other which serves him for a reason. Locke.

Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast.

-- Visiting book, a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept. Thackeray. -- Visiting card. See under Card.

ly, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1. Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. Spenser.

A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.

To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept. He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch. Shak.

A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.

A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.

by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.

A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

A tuyère kept cool by water circulating within a casing. It is used for hot blast.

nical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.

Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.

Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.