Definition of hold

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Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

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Tache :: Tache (n.) Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
Horrify :: Horrify (v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders..
Underprop :: Underprop (v. t.) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame..
Bounden :: Bounden (p. p & a.) Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.
Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..
Regian :: Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
Refrain :: Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Frankalmoigne :: Frankalmoigne (a.) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms..
Blench Holding :: Blench holding () See Blanch holding.
Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle..
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
Impanator :: Impanator (n.) One who holds the doctrine of impanation.
Belonging :: Belonging (n.) Family; relations; household.
Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
Place :: Place (n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country..
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