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ˈrest-day
[OE. ræst(e)dæᵹ, f. ræst(e rest n.1 + dæᵹ day. Cf. Du. rustdag, Da. rastdag, G. rasttag.]
1. The day of rest; the Sabbath. Now rare.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. lii. 407 Ða ðe behealdað minne ræstedæᵹ. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark ii. 27 Restdæᵹ fore menn ᵹeworden wæs & næs monn fore ræstdæᵹe. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xii. 5 Þa sacerdas on reste⁓daᵹum on þam temple ᵹewemmað þone reste-dæᵹ. c1200Ormin 4186 Þe seffnde daȝȝ iss Resstedaȝȝ.
1894Daily News 8 Sept. 3/7 This determination of rich publishers to trade on Sundays kept a great industry at work on the rest day.
2. A day of rest on a march.
1813Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary (1862) II. 206 We shall march on without any rest-day to Frankfort. The army will then repose if the enemy permits. |