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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESTIF

a.[L. resto. ] 1. Unwilling to go, or only running back; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; as a restif steed. It seems originally to have been used of horses that would not be driven forward. It is sometimes written restive.
All who before him did ascend the throne, labor'd to draw three restive nations on.
2. Unyielding; as restif stubbornness.
3. Being at rest, or less in action. [Not in use. ]

 

RESTIF

n.A stubborn horse.

 

RESTIFNESS

n. 1. Obstinate reluctance or indisposition to move.
2. Obstinate unwillingness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESTIFF

RESTIFF Rest "iff, a.

 

Defn: Restive. [Obs. ]

 

RESTIFF

RESTIFF Rest "iff, n.

 

Defn: A restive or stubborn horse. [Obs. ]

 

RESTIFFNESS

RESTIFFNESS Rest "iff *ness, n.

 

Defn: Restiveness. [Obs. ]

 

RESTIFORM

RESTIFORM Res "ti *form (rs "t *frm ), a.Etym: [L. restis rope + -form. ] (Anat. )

 

Defn: Formed like a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

 

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