Safe-keeping

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• Safe

  ·vt To render safe; to make right. II. Safe ·noun A place for keeping things in safety. III. Safe ...

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• safe

  An iron box, frequently built into the wall, and used by merchants as a place of deposit for their b...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Keeping

  ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Keep>>. II. Keeping ·noun A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; ...

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• Safe-conduct

  ·noun That which gives a safe passage. II. Safe-conduct ·vt To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct...

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• Safe-pledge

  ·noun A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. ...

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• safe-conduct

  A security passport granted to an enemy for his safe entry and passage through the realm. ...

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• Home-keeping

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

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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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