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Defraud :: Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld..

Sac :: Sac (n.) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for..

Solifidian :: Solifidian (a.) Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.

Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc..

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like..

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

Sloat :: Sloat (n.) A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart..

Linstock :: Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon..

Muff :: Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..

Close-stool :: Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover..

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle..

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

Inholder :: Inholder (n.) An inhabitant.

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Titulary :: Titulary (n.) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not..

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

Disseize :: Disseize (v. t.) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold..

Backband :: Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

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