Ahold :: Ahold (adv.) Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold..

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds..

Anchor-hold :: Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security.

Behold :: Behold (v. t.) To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

Behold :: Behold (v. i.) To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see..

Beholden :: Beholden (p. p.) of Behol.

Beholden :: Beholden (p. a.) Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.

Beholder :: Beholder (n.) One who beholds; a spectator.

Beholding :: Beholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behol.

Beholding :: Beholding (a.) Obliged; beholden.

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

Beholdingness :: Beholdingness (n.) The state of being obliged or beholden.

Bill Holder :: Bill holder () A person who holds a bill or acceptance.

Bill Holder :: Bill holder () A device by means of which bills, etc., are held..

Blanch Holding :: Blanch holding () A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

Blench Holding :: Blench holding () See Blanch holding.

Bondholder :: Bondholder (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

Bookholder :: Bookholder (n.) A prompter at a theater.

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

Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.

Borsholder :: Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable..

Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.

Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.

Candleholder :: Candleholder (n.) One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance..

Copyhold :: Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court..

Copyhold :: Copyhold (n.) Land held in copyhold.

Copyholder :: Copyholder (n.) One possessed of land in copyhold.

Copyholder :: Copyholder (n.) A device for holding copy for a compositor.

Copyholder :: Copyholder (n.) One who reads copy to a proof reader.

Foothold :: Foothold (n.) A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing.

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