to set one's rest

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to set one's rest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rest \Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G.
     rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r["o]st
     the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta
     a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to
     G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r[=o]w, Gr. 'erwh`. Cf. Ransack.]
     1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or
        labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest
        of body or mind. --Chaucer.
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              Sleep give thee all his rest!         --Shak.
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     2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs;
        peace; security.
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              And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii.
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     3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
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              How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
              By all their country's wishes blest.  --Collins.
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     4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a
        rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or
        steadying the work.
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              He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams
              should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
                                                    --1 Kings vi.
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     5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the
        cuirass, serving to support the lance.
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              Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an
        inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and
        travelers' rests." --J. H. Newman.
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              In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton.
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              Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the
              inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
                                                    --Deut. xii.
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     7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a caesura.
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     8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a
        running account. "An account is said to be taken with
        annual or semiannual rests." --Abbott.
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     9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]
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     10. (Mus.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name
         of the character that stands for such silence. They are
         named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.
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     Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of
        travelers; a caravansary. [India]
  
     To set one's rest or To set up one's rest, to have a
        settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when
        one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his
        hand. [Obs.] --Shak. --Bacon.
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     Syn: Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose;
          slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness;
          tranquillity; peacefulness; peace.
  
     Usage: Rest, Repose. Rest is a ceasing from labor or
            exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives
            relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words
            are commonly interchangeable.
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