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Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. Garrick.

The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

by science or literature, although they were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.

A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. Blackstone.

A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease. Cruise.

Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. The pearis were split; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. Tennyson.

A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]

A place in which things are reserved or kept. Woodward.

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak.

One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor.

A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.]

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.

Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. "The round assertion." M. Arnold. Sir Toby, I must be round with you. Shak.

A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. "Salt tears." Chaucer.

A place where things are preserved; a repository. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum. Sanctum sanctorum Etym: [L.] , the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple.

The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the…