restaurant 
restaurant (res'ta-rant), n. [< F. restaurant, a. 
restaurant, formerly also a restorative, = Sp. 
restaurants, a restorer, < ML. restauran(t~)s, re- 
storing, ppr. of restaurare, restore, refresh: see 
restore.] An establishment for the sale of re- 
freshments, both food and drink ; a place where 
meals are served ; an eating-house. 
The substitution of the Restaurant for the Tavern is of 
recent origin. In the year 1837 there were restaurants, it 
is true, but they were humble places, and confined to the 
parts of London frequented by the French ; for English of 
every degree there was the Tavern. 
W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 160. 
restaurant-car (res'ta-rant-kar), n. A railway- 
car in which meals are cooked and served to 
passengers ; a dining-car or hotel-car. 
restauratet (res'ta-rat), . *. [< L. restauratus, 
pp. of restaurare, restore, repair, renew: see 
restore 1 .] To restore. 
If one repulse hath us quite ruinated, 
And fortune never can be restaurated. 
Vicart, tr. of Virgil (1832). (Hares.) 
restaurateur (res-to'ra-ter), n. [< F. restaura- 
teur = Pr. restauraire, restaurador = Sp. Pg. 
restaurador = It. restauratore, ristoratore = D. 
G. restaurateur = Dan. 8w. restaurator, the 
keeper of a restaurant, < ML. restaurator, one 
who restores or reestablishes: see restorator."] 
The keeper of a restaurant. 
The ticket merely secures you a place on board the 
steamer, but neither a berth nor provisions. The latter 
you obtain from a restaurateur on board, according to fixed 
rates. B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 273. 
restaurationt (res-ta-ra'shon), n. An obsolete 
form of restoration. 
restauratort, See restorator. 
restauret, v. t. An obsolete form of restore 1 . 
restayt, v. t. [< ME. restayen, < OF. restaier, < 
resier, rest: see rest 2 .] To keep back; re- 
strain. 
To touch her chylder thay fayr him [Christ] prayed. 
His dessypele3 with blame let be hym bede, 
& wyth her resounej ful fele restayed. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), L 715. 
rest-cure (rest'kur), n. The treatment, as of 
nervous exhaustion, by more or less prolonged 
and complete rest, as by isolation in bed. This 
is usually combined with over-feeding, mas- 
sage, and electricity. 
restem (re-stem'), *' t. [< re- + stem.'] To 
stem again; force back against the current. 
Now they do re-stem 
Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance 
Their purposes toward Cyprus. Shalt., Othello, i. 3. 37. 
restful (rest'ful), a. [< late ME. restefulle; < 
resfl + -ful.] 1 . Full of rest ; giving rest. 
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry. 
Shalr., Sonnets, Ixvi. 
2. Quiet ; being at rest. 
I heard you say, " Is not my arm of length 
That reacheth from the reslful English court 
As far as Calais, to my uncle's head ?" 
SAo*.,Rich. II.,iv. 1. 12. 
restfully (rest'ful-i), adv. [< late ME. rest- 
fully; < restful + -ly 2 .] In a restful manner; 
in a state of rest or quiet. 
They liuing rcgtfutty and in helth vnto extreme age. 
Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, iii. 21. 
restfulness (rest'ful-nes), n. The state of being 
restful. Imp. Diet. 
rest-harrow (rest'har'6), n. [So called be- 
cause the root of the plant ' arrests ' or stops 
the harrow; < rest*), v., + obj. harrow 1 . Cf. 
equiv. F. arrSte-bceuf, lit. 'stop-ox,' < arreter, 
stop, arrest, + bceuf, ox.] 1. A common Euro- 
pean under- 
shrub, Ononis 
arvensis, gen- 
erally low, 
spreading, 
and much 
branched (of- 
ten thorny), 
bearing pink 
papiliona- 
ceous flowers, 
and having 
tough matted 
roots which 
hinder the 
plow or har- 
row. The root 
is diuretic. 
Also wild lico- 
rice, cam-mock, 
whin, etc. 2. 
A small geo- 
metrid inoth Flowering Branch of Rest-harrow (Ontmis 
arvfnfis't. 
Aplasta ono- , a flowcr . 4 , the leaf . 
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naria : popularly so called in England because 
the caterpillar feeds in April and September 
on Ononis arrensix, var. spiitosa. The moth flies 
in May, July, and August. 
resthouse (rest'hous), n. [< rest* + house*.] 
Same as dak-bungalow (which see, under bunga- 
low). 
Restiaee8e(res-ti-a'se-e),.j>Z. [NL. (K. Brown, 
1810), < Restio + -aceee.] An order of mono- 
cotyledonous plants of the series Glumacese. 
It resembles the rushes (Juncacese) in its one- to three- 
celled ovary and dry, rigid, and glumaceous perianth of 
six equal segments ; and the sedges (Cyperaceee) in habit, 
in structure of spikelets, and in the three stamens, small 
embryo, and mealy or fleshy albumen. Ills distinguished 
from both by its pendulous orthotropous ovules and its 
split sheaths. It includes about 240 species, belonging to 
20 genera, of which Restio (the type), WUldenavia, and 
Elegia are the chief all sedge-like plants of the southern 
hemisphere, mainly natives of South Africa and Australia, 
absent from America and Asia excepting one species in 
Chili and one in Cochin-China. They are generally peren- 
nials, tufted or with a hard horizontal or creeping, more 
often scaly rootstock, the stems rigid, erect or variously 
twisted, the leaves commonly reduced. They are almost 
always dioecious, and have a polymorphous inflorescence 
often extremely different in the two sexes. 
restibrachial (res-ti-bra'ki-al), a. [< restibra- 
chium + -al.] Pertaining to the restibrachium ; 
postpeduneular. 
restibrachium (res-ti-bra'ki-um), n. ; pi. resti- 
brachia (-a). [NL., < L. restis, a rope, + bra- 
chium, an arm.] The inferior peduncle of the 
cerebellum. Also called myelobrachium. 
liettibrachimn (Science, April 9, 1881, p. 165) is an ad- 
mirable compound, and the same may be said of its cor. 
relatives, pontibrachium and tegmentibrachium. 
Buck's Handbook of Ited. Sciences, VIII. 525, note. 
restiet, a. See restyi. 
restifft, a. An obsolete form of restive. 
restiff nesst, w . An obsolete form of restiveness. 
Imp. Diet. 
restiform (res'ti-form), a. [= F. restiforme,< L. 
restis, a cord, rope, + forma, form.] Corded Or 
cord-like: specifically, in anat., noting a part 
of the medulla oblongata, called the corpus 
restiforme, or restiform body Restiform body, 
the inferior peduncle of the cerebellum, by which it con- 
nects with the oblongata and parts below. It contains 
the direct cerebellar-tract fibers, crossed and uncrossed 
from the posterior columns of the cord, and fibers from 
the contralateral (lower) olive. 
restily (res'ti-li), adv. [< restyl + -ly%.] In 
a sluggish manner; stubbornly; untowardly. 
Imp. Diet. 
restinction (re-stingk'shon), n. [< L. restine- 
tio(n-'), a quenching, < restinguere, put out, de- 
stroy, quench, < re-, again, + stinguere, ex- 
tinguish : see extinguish.'] The act of quench- 
ing or extinguishing. E. Phillips, 1706. [Bare.] 
restinesst (res'ti-nes), . [< resty 1 + -ness.] 
Tendency to rest or inaction ; sluggishness. 
The Snake, by restinesse and lying still all Winter, hath a 
certain membrane or filme growing ouer her whole body. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, viii. 27. 
A tenuity and agility of spirits, contrary to that restine&s 
of the spirits supposed in those that are dull. 
Hotbes, Works, IV. 56. 
resting-cell (res'ting-sel), n. Same as resting- 
spore. 
resting-owing (res'ting-d'ing), a. [< resting, 
ppr. of rest 2 , v., + owing, ppr. of owe 1 , r .] In 
Scots law: (a) Besting or remaining due : said 
of a debt. (6) Indebted : said of a debtor. 
resting-place (res'tiug-plas), . 1. A place 
for rest; a place to stop at, as on a journey: 
used figuratively for the grave. 
Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the 
ark of thy strength. 2 Chron. vi. 41. 
It was from Istrian soil that the mighty stone was 
brought which once covered the resting-place of Theo- 
doric. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 100. 
2. In building, a half- or quarter-pace in a stair- 
case. 
resting-sporangium (res'ting-spo-ran'ji-um), 
n. A term applied by Pringsheim to certain 
dormant gonidia of Saprolegnia and related 
fungi which eventually produce swarm-spores. 
resting-spore (res'ting-spor), n. A spore which 
can germinate only after a period of dormancy. 
A majority of the spores of algae and fungi are of this 
nature, and they are more largely of sexual production. 
Many of the same plants produce spores capable of imme- 
diate germination. Also resting-cell. 
resting-stage (res'ting-staj), n. In hot., a pe- 
riod of dormancy in the history of a plant or 
germ. 
resting-state (res'ting-stat), n. In hot., the 
periodic condition of dormancy in the history 
of woody plants, bulbs, etc. ; also, the quies- 
cence of some seeds and spores (resting-spores) 
between maturity and germination ; in general, 
any state of suspended activity. 
restitution 
restinguish (re-sting'gwish), c. t. [< L. restin- 
guere, put out,' < re-, again, + stinguere, extin- 
guish. Cf. extinguish, distinguish.] To quench 
or extinguish. [Bare.] 
Hence the thirst of languishing souls is restinffuished, 
as from the most pure fountains of living water. 
field, Of Controversy (Life, 1716), p. 41. 
resting-whilet (res'ting-hwil), . [< ME. rest- 
ingwhile; < resting, verbal n. of rest 1 -, v. , + while.] 
A moment of leisure ; time free from business. 
Thilke thinges that I hadde lerned of the among my secre 
restingwhiles. Chaucer, Boethius, 1. prose 4. 
Restio (res'ti-6), n. [NL. (Linnseus, 1767), so 
called from the tough stringy stems; < L. restis, 
a cord.] A genus of gluma- 
ceous plants, the type of the 
order Restiaeeee and tribe 
Restioideee. It is characterized 
by one-celled anthers opening by 
a single chink, by two or three 
styles or branches and a com- 
pressed capsule with two or three 
cells and as many dehiscent an- 
gles, and by persistent sheaths, 
and commonly many-flowered and 
panicled spikelets with imbricated 
glumes. The two long linear stig- 
mas are generally plumose. The 
staminate inflorescence is extreme- 
ly polymorphous. There are over 
100 species, natives of South Africa 
and Australia. They have erect 
and leafless stems from a scaly root- 
stock, very much branched or en- 
tirely without branches, with nu- 
merous scattered sheaths repla- 
cing the leaves, or sometimes in the 
young plant bearing a small and 
perishable leaf-blade. From their 
use It. australis is known as Tasina- 
nian rope-grass. Flowering Male Plant 
Restioideae (res-ti-oi'de-e), t.^! M * aa ' 
n. pi. [NL. (Masters, 1878), 
< Restio + -ideas.] A tribe of plants of the or- 
der Restiaccse, characterized by an ovary of 
three, or sometimes two, cells, or reduced by 
abortion to a single one, and by a capsular fruit 
the fruit of the other tribe, Willdenoviex, be- 
ing nut-like. It includes 7 genera, of which 
Restio is the type. 
restipulate (re-stip'u-lat), t: i. [< L. restipu- 
latus, pp. of restipulari, promise or stipulate 
anew, < re-, back, + stipulari, promise: see 
ttttnuate.] To stipulate anew. Imp. Diet. 
restipulation (re-stip-u-la'shon), n. [< L. re- 
stipulatio(n-), a counter-engagement, < restipu- 
lari, pp. restipulatus, promise again: see re- 
stipulate.'] The act of restipulating; a new 
stipulation. 
But if the restipulation were absolute, and the with- 
drawing of this homage upon none but civil grounds, I 
cannot excuse the good king from a just offence. 
lip. Hall, Contemplations, xx. 9. 
restituet, * [ME. restituen, < OF. restituer, 
restore : see restitute.] To restore ; make resti- 
tution of. 
Rather haue we no reste til we restitue 
Our lyf to oure lord god for oure lykames [body's] gultes. 
Piere Plowman (C), xt 64. 
restitutet (res'ti-tut), . t. [< L. restitutes, pp. 
of restituere (> It. restituire, ristituire = Sp. Pg. 
restituir = F. restituer, > E. restitue), reinstate, 
set up again, replace, restore, < re-, again, + 
statuere, set up: see statute. Cf. constitute, in- 
stitute.] To bring back to a former state; re- 
store. 
Restituted trade 
To every virtue lent his helping stores, 
And cheer'd the vales around. Dyer, Fleece, it 
restitutet (res'ti-tut), n. [< L. restitutus, pp. 
of restituere, restore, reinstate: see restitute. 
v.] That which is restored or offered in place of 
something; a substitute. Imp. Diet. [Bare.] 
restitutio in integrum (res-ti-tu'shi-6 in in'te- 
grum). [L. : restitutio (see restitution); in, in; 
integrum, ace. of integer, whole: see integer.] 
Iii Rom. law, a restoration to the previous con- 
dition, effected by the pretor for equitable 
causes, on the prayer of an injured party, by 
annulling a transaction valid by the strict law, 
or annulling a change in the legal condition 
produced by an omission, and restoring the 
parties to their previous legal relations. After 
equitable defense and claim had been introduced in the 
ordinary proceeding, the importance of the institution di- 
minished. In English and American law the phrase is used 
when a court of equity annuls a transaction or contract 
and orders the restoration of what has been received or 
given under it. 
restitution (res-ti-tu'shon), n. [< ME. restitu- 
tion, rrnti/tni-//i>ii. < OF. (and F.) restitution = 
Pr. restitiicio = Sp. restitucion = Pg. restitui<;ao 
= It. restitt/zioiie, < L. restitntio(n-), a restoring, 
