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Becket :: Becket (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope..

Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government..

Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..

Inkhorn :: Inkhorn (n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.

Blench Holding :: Blench holding () See Blanch holding.

Canister :: Canister (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids..

Equites :: Equites (n. pl) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.

Nest :: Nest (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

Drab :: Drab (n.) A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans..

Housing :: Housing (n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc..

Saltcellar :: Saltcellar (n.) Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..

Ouch :: Ouch (n.) A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person..

Chest :: Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ..

Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..

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

Bag :: Bag (n.) A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money..

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