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<hw>Hoist"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An opening for the hoist, or <?/levator, in the floor of a wareroom.</def>

<h1>Hoit</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Gf. W. <ets>hoetian</ets> to dally, dandle.]</ety> <def>To leap; to caper; to romp noisily. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Hoity-toity</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoi"ty-toi`ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hoit</er>.]</ety> <def>Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; <as>as, to be in <ex>hoity-toity</ex> spirits, or to assume <ex>hoity-toity</ex> airs</as>; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hoity-toity</b>! What have I to do with dreams? <i>Congreve.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hokeday</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoke"day`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hockday</er>.</def>

<h1>Hoker</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Ho"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h<?/cor</ets>.]</ety> <def>Scorn; derision; abusive talk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ho"ker*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hol</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Whole</er>.]</ety> <def>Whole.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hoiaspidean</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoi`as*pid"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo-</ets> + Gr.<?/, <?/, shield.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.</def>

<h1>Holcad</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hol"cad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'olka`s</grk>, <grk>-a`dos</grk>, a ship which is towed, a ship of burden, fr. <grk>'e`lkein</grk> to draw. Gf. <er>Hulk</er>.]</ety> <def>A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece</def>.

<i>Mitford.</i>

<h1>Hold</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>hol</ets> hole, hollow. See <er>Hole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.</def>

<h1>Hold</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Held</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Holding</er>. <er>Holden</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt>, is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>haldan</ets>, D. <ets>houden</ets>, OHG. <ets>hoten</ets>, Icel. <ets>halda</ets>, Dan. <ets>holde</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'86lla</ets>, <ets>Goth</ets>. <ets>haldan</ets> to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. <er>Avast</er>, <er>Halt</er>, <er>Hod</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The loops <b>held</b> one curtain to another. <i>Ex. xxxvi. 12.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy right hand shall <b>hold</b> me. <i>Ps. cxxxix. 10. </i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They all <b>hold</b> swords, being expert in war. <i>Cant. iii. <?/</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In vain he seeks, that having can not <b>hold</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>