Definition of hold

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Hold (n.) Binding power and influence.

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Predestinator :: Predestinator (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian.
Wineglassful :: Wineglassful () As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls..
Strongish :: Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
Horrify :: Horrify (v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders..
Holding :: Holding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hol.
Cabinetmaking :: Cabinetmaking (n.) The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.
Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..
Amphora :: Amphora (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc..
Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..
Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..
Subordinate :: Subordinate (a.) Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
Familiary :: Familiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.
Urceole :: Urceole (n.) A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To hold; to keep; to possess.
Redraw :: Redraw (v. i.) To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers..
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