Musical symbol indicating silence
• To arrest. • A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. • Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. • Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. • That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.