Definition of Restings

1. resting [n] - See also: resting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restings

restimulation
restimulations
restiness
resting
resting-place
resting-places
resting cell
resting length
resting phase
resting potential
resting saliva
resting stage
resting tidal volume
resting tremor
resting wandering cell
restings (current term)
restinguish
restinguished
restitch
restitched
restitches
restitching
restitope
restitute
restituted
restitutes
restituting
restitution
restitutions
restitutive

Literary usage of Restings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inventions, Improvements, and Practice of Benjamin Thompson, in the Combined by Benjamin Thompson (1847)
"... divide this amount by the waggons sent away, together with the coals put to the heap and resting, viz., 66 waggons the mornings' restings + 707 xx. 7 c. ..."

2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"He learns as well as the engineer what hills are steep, what ground ascends. By repeated strains and restings on the terraces, he at length surmounts every ..."

3. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"... but the pleasures of the poor, their hopes, their consolations of spirit, and their restings from toil, can never become oppressive to contemplate. ..."

4. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1899)
"When one's movements and restings all take place at the proper time for them, his way (of proceeding) is brilliant and intelligent. ..."

5. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1887)
"Surely we ought to have something of the same happiness in quiet restings with God. And so I urge on you the constant need of this practice. ..."

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