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To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson.

ainful teacher, they hire a Sir John, which hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word. Latimer.

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well. Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse. Prior.

A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift.

A small round box for keeping records. [Obs.]

the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. Piers Plowman. He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.

A state of suppression. [Obs.] Not to keep their suspicions in smother. Bacon. Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid.

aced on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] Bartlett.

Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.

That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

terval between two points of time; duration; time. "Grace God gave him here, this land to keep long space." R. of brunne. Nine times the space that measures day and night. Milton. God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. Tillotson.

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. "No cost would he spare." Chaucer. [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare. Milton. He that hath knowledge, spareth his words. Prov. xvii. 27.

A guard to keep off splashes from anything.

A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.

(Agric.), a drain made by laying under earth the sprays or small branches of trees, which keep passages open.

One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. "These wretched spies of wit." Dryden.

To put or keep in a stable.

A stable keeper. De Foe.

The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.