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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Binding power and influence.</def>

<blockquote>Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest <b>hold of</b>. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Something that may be grasped; means of support.</def>

<blockquote>If a man be upon an high place without rails or good <b>hold</b>, he is ready to fall. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.</def>

<blockquote>They . . . put them in <b>hold</b> unto the next day. <i>Acts. iv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>King Richard, he is in the mighty <b>hold</b> Of Bolingbroke. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a <altname>stronghold</altname>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>New comers in an ancient <b>hold</b> <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A character [thus <?/] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also <altname>pause</altname>, and <altname>corona</altname>.</def>

<h1>Holdback</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.</def>

<blockquote>The only <b>holdback</b> is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Holder</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold"er</hw>, <tt>(<?/)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.</def>

<h1>Holder</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, holds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Holder</i> is much used as the second part of a compound; as, share<i>holder</i>, office<i>holder</i>, stock<i>holder</i>,etc.</note>

<h1>Holder-forth</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold"er-forth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Holdfast</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hold"fast`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> "His <i>holdfast</i> was gone."

<i>Bp. Montagu.</i>