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To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.] As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.

The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.

uncorrupted. For thou, be sure, shalt give account To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep This place inviolable, and these from harm. Milton.

through eastern Pennsylvania, to Maryland; that of the southern tribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as f…

A clock that is designed to keep very accurate time.

The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.]

A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.

s about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover. -- Japan earth. See Catechu. -- Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. -- Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tre…

he footpath way. Shak. So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. R. Browning.

The keeping of a journal or diary. [Obs.]

One who keeps a journal or diary. [Obs.] Mickle.

A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

See Keelson. Sir W. Raleigh.

To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.

of Keep. Kept mistress, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as his paramour.

a problem. Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true key of books. Locke. Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. Tennyson.

in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.

See Keeve, n.

A mash vat. See Keeve. [Obs.]