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Pullback :: Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Fiduciary :: Fiduciary (n.) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

Dividend :: Dividend (n.) A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate..

Subjectivity :: Subjectivist (n.) One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.

Caucus :: Caucus (v. i.) To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses..

Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc..

Ritenuto :: Ritenuto (a.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.

Clincher :: Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

Stand :: Stand (n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor..

Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.

Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors..

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..

Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck..

Betty :: Betty (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters..

Disagree :: Disagree (v. i.) To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.

Flue :: Flue (n.) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes.

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