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Disseizor :: Disseizor (n.) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold..

Came :: Came (n.) A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass..

Prize :: Prize (n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever..

Blunderbuss :: Blunderbuss (n.) A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim..

Jaghirdar :: Jaghirdar (n.) The holder of a jaghir.

Pitcherful :: Pitcherful (n.) The quantity a pitcher will hold.

Interviewing :: Interviewing (n.) The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.

Trowelful :: Trowelful (n.) As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.

Intenible :: Intenible (a.) Incapable of holding or containing.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

Orlop :: Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled..

Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..

Strongish :: Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

Duenna :: Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

Bitstock :: Bitstock (n.) A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..

Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..

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