Keeping

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Keep.

II. Keeping ·noun A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

III. Keeping ·noun Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.

IV. Keeping ·noun Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.

V. Keeping ·noun Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

Home-keeping
·noun A staying at home. II. Home-keeping ·adj Staying at home; not gadding. ...

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Safe-keeping
·noun The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody. ...

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keeping cully
One who keeps a mistress, as he supposes, for his own use, but really for that of the public. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
keeping-room
A common sitting-room; the parlor in New England. The term is chiefly used in the interior, although...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
keeping a watch
To have charge of the deck. Also, the act of being on watch-duty. ...

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keeping her way
The force of steady motion through the water, continued after the power which gave it has varied or ...

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keeping the sea
The term formerly used when orders were issued for the array of the inhabitants of the sea-coasts. ...

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keeping a good offing
To keep well off shore while under sail, so as to be clear of danger should the wind suddenly shift ...

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keeping full for stays
A necessary precaution to give the sails full force, in aid of the rudder when going about. ...

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