Definition of hold

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Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for..

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Disseize :: Disseize (v. t.) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold..
Misbeliever :: Misbeliever (n.) One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.
Steven :: Stevedore (n.) One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.
Leash :: Leash (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash..
Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself..
Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.
Hygiene :: Hygiene (n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health..
Dubber :: Dubber (n.) A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..
Caste :: Caste (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.
Locket :: Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain..
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
Threshwold :: Threshwold (n.) Threshold.
Arminian :: Arminian (n.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609)..
Tenure :: Tenure (n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure..
Foregoer :: Foregoer (n.) A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household..
Key :: Key (n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
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