This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob KEEP, n. A strong tower or hold in the middle of any castle or fortification, wherein the besieged make their last efforts of defense, was formerly, in England, called a “keep;” and the inner pile within the castle of Dover, erected by King Henry II. about the year 1153, was termed the “King’s Keep;” so at Windsor, etc. It seems to be some- thing of the same nature with called abroad a “citadel.” Jacob. KEEP, v. 1. To retain In one’s power or possession; not to lose or part with ; to pre- serve or retain. Benson v. New York, 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 235; Deans v. Gay, 132 N. C. 227, 43 S. E. G43.2. To maintain, carry on, conduct, or manage; as, to “keep” a liquor saloon, bawdy house, gaming table, nuisance, inn, or hotel. State v. Irvin, 117 Iowa, 400, 91 N. W. 700; People v. Rice, 103 Mich. 350, 01 N. W. 540; State v. Miller, 6S Conn. 373, 30 Atl. 795; State v. Cox, 52 Vt. 474. 3. To maintain, tend, harbor, feed, and shelter; as, to “keep” a dangerous.animal, to “keep” a horse at livery. Allen v. Ham, 03 Me. 536; Skinner v. Caughey, 64 Minn. 375, 67 N. W. 203. 4. To maintain continuously and methodically for the purposes of a record; as, to KEEP 6 “keep” books. See Backus v. Richardson, 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 483. 5. To maintain continuously and -without stoppage or variation; as, when a vessel is said to “keep her course,” that is, continue in motion in the same general direction in which she was previously sailing. See The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, 14 Sup. Ct 795, 38 L. Ed. 660.
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HORN WITH HORN, or HORN UNDER HORN
The promiscuous feeding of bulls and cows or all horned beasts that are allowed to run together upon the samecommon. Spelman.
HOMEOSTASIS
The ability of the living things in a system to survive despite changes in a limit. Feedback mechanisms make self regulation possible keeping things balanced.
HERBAGE
In English law . An easement or liberty, which consists in the right topasture cattle on another’s ground.Feed for cattle in fields and pastures. Bract, fol. 222; Co. Litt. 40: Shep. Touch. 07.A right to herbage does not include a right to cut grass, or dig potatoes, or pick apples.Simpson v. Coe, 4 N. II. 303.
GUEST-TAKER
An agister; one who took cattle in to feed in tlie royal forests. Cowell.
FUNGI
Simple, aerobic organisms. Neither bacteria nor plant. Most are poisonous to humans. Thrive in low moisture, low pH environments. Genetic material is bound in a membrane. Have no roots or leaves; contain no chlorophyll; feed off dead organic matter. Approximately 70,000 species exist. Principal commercial use is in food manufacture , in alcoholic beverages, and as antibiotics, like penicillin. Examples are mildew, mold, mushrooms, smuts, toadstools, and yeast. Plural of fungus.
FOOD CHAIN
How organisms eat in an ecosystem. Each feeds on another to survive. The first like is the producer that all others feed from. It creates a network called food webs that represent the chain of feeding patterns.
FOLLOW UP
Monitoring an activity to get feedback on it. It is a part of following through.
FOLDAGE
A privilege possessed in some places by the lord of a manor, which consistsin the right of having his tenant’s sheep to feed on his fields, so as to manure theland. The name of foldage is also given in parts of Norfolk to the customary fee paid tothe lord for exemption at certain times from this duty. Elton, Com. 45, 46.
FINANCIAL ACCELERATOR
The impact of an economic boost or bust. It creates a feedback loop .
