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Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..

Cruse :: Cruse (n.) A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc..

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..

Freehold :: Freehold (n.) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held..

Trunkful :: Trunkful (n.) As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder..

Incommunicative :: Incommunicative (a.) Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive..

Lordship :: Lordship (n.) Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Y :: Y (n.) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye..

Barony :: Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner..

Assientist :: Assientist (n.) A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract.

Avowance :: Avowance (n.) Upholding; defense; vindication.

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Pitcherful :: Pitcherful (n.) The quantity a pitcher will hold.

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..

Underlease :: Underlease (n.) A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease..

Economical :: Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.

Portcrayon :: Portcrayon (n.) A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.

Landholder :: Landholder (n.) A holder, owner, or proprietor of land..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain..

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