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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..

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Ney :: Ney (n.) Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.

Worktable :: Worktable (n.) A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc..

Independent :: Independent (a.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents..

Waterpot :: Waterpot (n.) A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc..

Miscreant :: Miscreant (a.) Holding a false religious faith.

Verge :: Verge (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge..

Bag :: Bag (n.) A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money..

Tureen :: Tureen (n.) A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table..

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc..

Academic :: Academic (n.) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

Slaveholding :: Slaveholding (a.) Holding persons in slavery.

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..

Hiding :: Hiding (n.) The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment..

Remembrance :: Remembrance (n.) The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession..

Poling :: Poling (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc..

Retention :: Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien..

Church :: Church (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church..

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