10. (Mus.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the
character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are,
whole, half, quarter,etc.
Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a
caravansary. [India] -- To set, or To set up, one's rest, to have a
settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so
expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] Shak.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber;
quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; peace.
-- Rest, Repose. Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a
mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and
labor. The words are commonly interchangeable.
Rest (rst), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rested; p. pr. & vb. n. Resting.] [AS.
restan. See Rest, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially
from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or
exertion.
God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
Gen. ii. 2.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest.
Ex. xxiii. 12.