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

Washstand :: Washstand (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person..

Bookholder :: Bookholder (n.) A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it..

Armrack :: Armrack (n.) A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms..

Bandbox :: Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch..

Anabaptist :: Anabaptist (n.) A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

Hod :: Hod (n.) A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding together; continuity.

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

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

Demon :: Demon (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..

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..

Withholding :: Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhol.

Canister :: Canister (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc..

Varuna :: Varuna (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water..

Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..

Beholding :: Beholding (n.) The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld..

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