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3. (Com.) 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.]

Syn. -- Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others.

Rest, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

The affairs of men rest still uncertain.

Shak.

Re*stag"nant (r?*st?g"nant), a. [L. restagnans, p. pr. ] Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.] Boyle.

Re*stag"nate (-n?t), v. i. [L. restagnare to overflow.] To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Re`stag*na"tion (-n?"sh?n), n. [L. restagnatio aninundation.] Stagnation. [Obs.]

Res"tant (r?s"tant), a. [L. restans, p. pr. of restare: cf. F. restant. See Rest remainder.] (Bot.) Persistent.

Re*state" (r?*st?t"), v. t. To state anew. Palfrey.

Res"tau*rant (r?s"t?*r?nt;277), n. [F., fr. restaurer. See Restore.] An eating house.

Res"tau*rate (r?s"t?*r?t), v. t. [L. restauratus, p. p. of restaurare. See Restore.] To restore. [Obs.]

||Re`stau`ra`teur" (r?`st?`r?`t?r"), n. [F.] The keeper of an eathing ||house or a restaurant.

Res`tau*ra"tion (r?s`t?*r?"sh?n), n. [LL. restauratio: cf. F. restauration.] Restoration. [Obs.] Cower.

Re*stem" (r?*st?m"), v. t. 1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course. Shak.

2. To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current.

Rest"ful (r?st"f?l), a. 1. Being at rest; quiet. Shak.

2. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.

Tired with all these, for restful death I cry.

Shak.

-- Rest"ful*ly, adv. -- Rest"ful*ness, n.

Rest"-har`row (-h?r`r?), n. (Bot.) A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.

Rest"iff, a. Restive. [Obs.]

Rest"iff, n. A restive or stubborn horse. [Obs.]

Rest"iff*ness, n. Restiveness. [Obs.]

Res"ti*form (r?s"t?*f?rm), a.[L. restis rope + -form.] (Anat.) Formed like a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

Rest"i*ly (r?st"?*l?), adv. In a resty manner. [Obs.]

Re*stinc"tion (r?*st?nk"sh?n), n.[L. restinctio. See Restinguish.] Act of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]