Part 6232

<h1>Keeper</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Keep"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; <as>as, the <ex>keeper</ex> of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.</as> ; the <i>keeper</i> of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord is thy <b>keeper</b>. <i>Ps. cxxi. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One who remains or keeps in a place or position.</def>

<blockquote>Discreet; chaste; <b>keepers</b> at home. <i>Titus ii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: <sd>(a)</sd> The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. <sd>(b)</sd> A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. <sd>(c)</sd> A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A fruit that keeps well; <as>as, the Roxbury Russet is a good <ex>keeper</ex></as>.</def>

<i> Downing.</i>

<cs><col>Keeper of the forest</col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest.</cd> -- <col>Keeper of the great seal</col>, <cd>a high officer of state, who has custody of the great seal. The office is now united with that of lord chancellor.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Keeper of the King's conscience</col>, <cd>the lord chancellor; -- a name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Keeper of the privy seal</col> (styled also <i>lord privy seal</i>), <cd>a high officer of state, through whose hands pass all charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called <altname>clerk of the privy seal</altname>.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Keeper of a magnet</col>, <cd>a piece of iron which connects the two poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power undiminished; an armature.</cd></cs>

<h1>Keepership</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Keep"er*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or position of a keeper.</def>

<i>Carew.</i>

<h1>Keeping</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Keep"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.</def>

<blockquote>His happiness is in his own <b>keeping</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Maintenance; support; provision; feed; <as>as, the cattle have good <ex>keeping</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The work of many hands, which earns my <b>keeping</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; <as>as, these subjects are in <ex>keeping</ex> with each other</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; <as>as, the foreground of this painting is not in <ex>keeping</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Keeping room</col>, <cd>a family sitting room. <mark>[New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession.</syn>

<h1>Keepsake</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Keep"sake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.</def>

<h1>Keesh</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Keesh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kish</er>.</def>

<h1>Keeve</h1> <Xpage=810>