Definition of hold

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Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..

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Trainbearer :: Trainbearer (n.) One who holds up a train, as of a robe..
Regian :: Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
Eternalist :: Eternalist (n.) One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity.
Soft :: Soft (interj.) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
Wrong :: Wrong (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure..
Feudalist :: Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.
Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
Gib :: Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw..
Cruse :: Cruse (n.) A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc..
Collet :: Collet (n.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill..
Boycott :: Boycott (v. t.) To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott..
Probabiliorist :: Probabiliorist (n.) One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right..
Inkstand :: Inkstand (n.) A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials..
Neonomian :: Neonomian (n.) One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.
Vice :: Vice (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice..
Tumblerful :: Tumblerful (n.) As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle..
Household :: Household (n.) Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
Sect :: Sect (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party..
Secessionist :: Secessionist (n.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.
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