arrestment
Britishnoun
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After my first arrestment of surprise, I had gone aside a little, yet not so far but I could observe him, and the low oaken door at which he knocked.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
Neither dare the Vincennes Magistracy give warrant of arrestment, or the smallest countenance: wherefore the General 'will take it on himself' to arrest.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
No passage Spainward from the Thames; well if arrestment do not suddenly come from the Thames!
From Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
Poised in the very attitude of preparation, a sudden change of expression showed in her still eyes, or rather an arrestment of expression; the features remained fixed and immovable, while the brain worked.
From What a Man Wills by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
The mineral matter that formed the globe had converged towards its centre of gravity, and the arrestment of the momentum of the coalescing particles resulted in intense heat.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
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