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Act of refraining. [R.]

force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! Shak.

Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.

With restraint. Hammond.

One who, or that which, restrains.

The act of restraining.

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection. Macaulay.

Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.

r thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]

Giddy; thoughtless.

Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.

Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.

Disordered in the brain.

A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.

The dung of an otter.

Race; stock; generation; descent; family. He is of a noble strain. Shak. With animals and plants a cross between different varieties, or between individuals of the same variety but of another strain, gives vigor and fertility to the offspring. Darwin.

Capable of being strained.