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A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
See Blanch holding.
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v. t.
To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
v. i.
To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
n.
The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
n.
That which holds, binds, or influences.
v. t.
To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
n.
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
n.
Hence: Firm hold: security.
v. t.
To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
n.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
n.
One who, or that which, holds.
v. t.
To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
n.
The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
n.
One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
n.
One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
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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.
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