Definition of hold

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Hold (n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona..

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Page :: Page (n.) A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground..
Actionist :: Actionist (n.) A shareholder in joint-stock company.
Ritenuto :: Ritenuto (a.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A chest to hold ammunition.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..
Suspensation :: Suspender (n.) One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers..
Heritor :: Heritor (n.) A proprietor or landholder in a parish.
Forepossessed :: Forepossessed (a.) Holding or held formerly in possession.
Possessioner :: Possessioner (n.) A possessor; a property holder.
Revoke :: Revoke (v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege..
Immersionist :: Immersionist (n.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.
Lodgment :: Lodgment (v.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment..
Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place..
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.
Autophony :: Autophony (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest..
Witness :: Witness (v. i.) One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness..
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals..
Yeoman :: Yeoman (n.) A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born..
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