Hold \Hold\ (h[=o]ld), n. [D. hol hole, hollow. See {Hole}.] (Naut.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Hold \Hold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin. Gf. {Avast}, {Halt}, {Hod}.] 1. 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.
The loops held one curtain to another. --Ex. xxxvi. 12.
Thy right hand shall hold me. --Ps. cxxxix. 10.
They all hold swords, being expert in war. --Cant. iii. 8.
In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. --Spenser.
France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. --Shak.
2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. --Milton.
3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
This noble merchant held a noble house. --Chaucer.
Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. --Knolles.
And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. --Dryden.
4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
We can not hold mortality's strong hand. --Shak.
Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow. --Grashaw.
He had not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. --Macaulay.
5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Hold not thy peace, and be not still. --Ps. lxxxiii. 1.
Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. --Milton.
6. 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.
I would hold more talk with thee. --Shak.
7. 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.
Broken cisterns that can hold no water. --Jer. ii. 13.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. --Shak.
8. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. --2 Thes. ii.15.
But still he held his purpose to depart. --Dryden.
9. To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
I hold him but a fool. --Shak.
I shall never hold that man my friend. --Shak.
The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. --Ex. xx. 7.
10. To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
Let him hold his fingers thus. --Shak.
{To hold a wager}, to lay or hazard a wager. --Swift.
{To hold forth}, (a) v. t.to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. ``The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach.'' --Locke. (b) v. i. To talk at length; to harangue.
{To held in}, to restrain; to curd.
{To hold in hand}, to toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.]
O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. --Beaw. & Fl.
{To hold in play}, to keep under control; to dally with. --Macaulay.
{To hold off}, to keep at a distance.
{To hold on}, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on.
{To hold one's day}, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{To hold one's own}. To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight.
{To hold one's peace}, to keep silence.
{To hold out}. (a) To extend; to offer. ``Fortune holds out these to you as rewards.'' --B. Jonson. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. ``He can not long hold out these pangs.'' --Shak.
{To hold up}. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head. (b) To support; to sustain. ``He holds himself up in virtue.''--Sir P. Sidney. (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. (e) to rob, usually at gunpoint; -- often with the demand to ``hold up'' the hands. (f) To delay.
{To hold water}. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Colloq.] (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking the headway of a boat.
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.
Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. --Chaucer.
Thou should'st lay hold upon him. --B. Jonson.
My soul took hold on thee. --Addison.
Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv. 13.
2. The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
The law hath yet another hold on you. --Shak.
3. Binding power and influence.
Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. --Tillotson.
4. Something that may be grasped; means of support.
If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. --Bacon.
5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. --Acts. iv. 3.
King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. --Shak.
6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a {stronghold}. --Chaucer.
New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson.
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}.
Hold \Hold\, v. i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
1. Not to move; to halt; to stop; -- mostly in the imperative.
And damned be him that first cries, ``Hold, enough!'' --Shak.
2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Our force by land hath nobly held. --Shak.
3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
While our obedience holds. --Milton.
The rule holds in land as all other commodities. --Locke.
4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave; -- often with with, to, or for.
He will hold to the one and despise the other. --Matt. vi. 24
5. To restrain one's self; to refrain.
His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled. --Dryden.
6. To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
My crown is absolute, and holds of none. --Dryden.
His imagination holds immediately from nature. --Hazlitt.
{Hold on!} {Hold up!} wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- {To hold forth}, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. --L'Estrange.
{To hold in}, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
{To hold off}, to keep at a distance.
{To hold on}, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. ``The trade held on for many years,'' --Swift.
{To hold out}, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way.
{To hold over}, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date.
{To hold to} or {To hold with}, to take sides with, as a person or opinion.
{To hold together}, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. --Dryden. --Locke.
{To hold up}. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. --Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. --Collier.
Corona \Co*ro"na\ (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. {Coron[ae]} (-n?), E. {Coronas} (-n?z). [L. corona crown. See {Crown}.] 1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of {Column}.
3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
5. (Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the {aurora borealis}, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also {corona lucis}. --Fairholt.
9. (Mus.) A character [[pause]] called the {pause} or {hold}.
"We hope that the government will now hold to its own promised timetable and continue on a course to allow open and free elections," government spokesman Herbert Schmuelling said.
This can hold up shipped cargo, and given the long and complicated Mexican custom procedures, add significantly to costs.
Moreover, many investors simply don't realize they hold junk-bond funds.
Although the truce effectively collapsed one week later, with both sides swapping accusations of military attacks, government and rebel representatives continued to hold sporadic peace talks in Zaire until last week.
The system currently holds about 42,000 prisoners, about 14,000 more than existing facilities were meant to hold.
Community involvement is another way companies try to hold themselves to their original vision.
As previously reported, Aaron Brothers directors and other stockholders who together hold 64% of the shares outstanding have agreed to tender their shares.
He knows how to play his hand and hold back his ace.
Thirty of the country's main lenders, who hold $33 billion in loans to Brazil, were invited to attend the meetings.
Most of the data, though, is generated on the plant floor and the key is to be able to get hold of it quickly and flexibly. For example, all incoming components from suppliers are barcoded, and the information is downloaded into the database.
The official said it takes an average of 11 months to hold an arbitration hearing after a case is filed.
The cries are anguished now because the spending cuts that were supposed to be part of Reaganomics from the beginning are finally starting to take hold.
Asked what will hold all this together, Mr. Kasputys cites three broad principles.
'But as its market erodes, it has a disincentive to fund the full range of work because its competitors can free ride.' By the new pattern in the US, aggressive small and mid-sized firms invest heavily in research, while the old giants hold R&D down.
Humpuss will hold a 10% stake, and Pertamina will hold 20%.
Humpuss will hold a 10% stake, and Pertamina will hold 20%.
Noting that he favors limits on the number of years politicians can hold office, he said, "It is time for them to go." He conceded that most "experts say I cannot win.
The four islands plan to hold a political union referendum after parliamentary elections, still unscheduled, are held in Grenada and Dominica.
It remains unclear to what extent the reduction of subsidies for fuel and rent will permit the reforms to take hold quickly.
Connie Chung said Monday that she's putting her new television series on hold while she tries to become pregnant.
As for Unilever, it had obviously failed to anticipate how violently P&G would react and how ill-equipped it was to handle the onslaught. Until the end of May the Anglo-Dutch company just about managed to hold its own with consumers.
"This is such a mish-mash, it can give you indigestion," Ortega told delighted supporters at one rally. "Let (President) Bush eat it." Can UNO hold together and govern through 1996, should it win Sunday's general elections? "Yes.
Just before the close of the second act of "Joe Turner," the people in the boarding house hold a "Juba": an ecstatic religious outpouring of song and dance.
She said released hostages have told her that guards hold guns to the heads of the captives every time there is a knock on the door.
VIENNA - Orgnization of Petroleum Exporting Countries scheduled to hold conference.
"With Cardinal, if you hold it to maturity, you're going to get 7.25%" each year.
The Food and Drug Administration will hold a hearing next week to review continuing reports that a widely used prescription acne drug is linked to birth defects.
Officers, directors and members of the McGill family hold about 21% of McGill's common shares outstanding, the company said.
It would not be an impossible catch to hold, but it would be hard.
Also retained was Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus, who was widely criticized for sloppy management of a department where former Marcos supporters hold key positions.