Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KEEP
KEEP, n.
- Custody; guard. [Little used.] – Dryden.
- Colloquially, case; condition; as, in good keep. – English.
- Guardianship; restraint. [Little used.] – Ascham.
- A place of security; in old castles, the dungeon.
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