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Hold \Hold\ (h[=o]ld), n.
1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the
manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp;
clasp; grip; possession; -- often used with the verbs take
and lay.
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Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.
--Chaucer.
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Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson.
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My soul took hold on thee. --Addison.
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Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv.
13.
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2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
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The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak.
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3. Binding power and influence.
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Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest
hold of. --Tillotson.
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4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
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If a man be upon an high place without rails or good
hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon.
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5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody;
guard.
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They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.
--Acts. iv. 3.
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King Richard, he is in the mighty hold
Of Bolingbroke. --Shak.
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6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle;
-- often called a {stronghold}. --Chaucer.
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New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson.
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7. (Mus.) 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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Stronghold \Strong"hold`\, n.
A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of
security.
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