holbollia, holbellia (cœ ase)

[Named by Dr. Wallich after Mr. Frederick Louis Holböll, superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Copenhagen.] Bot.: A genus of Lardizabalacese. The Nepaulese eat the pulpy fruit, which is sweetish but insipid. *hol-căd, s . [Gr. holk as (gen it. holkados ), from holke a drawing; helkö =to drag or draw.] Greek Antiq.: A large ship of burden. 138 chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-1211.png:[blocks in formation] "If this sword hold." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . III ., v. 1. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. hold 3. To be valid or true, to stand, to be right, to apply as a rule or argument. "The same bold maxim holds in God and man." Dryden: The Medal, 214. *4. To be fit or consistent. "Thou sayest well, and it holds well, too." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , i. 2. 5. To stand one's ground; not to yield or give way; to continue unbroken or undefeated. [ To hold out .] "Our force by land hath nobly held ." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iii. 13. *6. To stand up for or maintain one's opinions. (Followed by to .) "If they hold to their principles." - Hale . 7. To derive right or title. (Followed by of , from , or under .) "Petty barons holding under them."- Temple . 8. To stop, to stay, to wait; generally in the imperative, as, Hold ! 9. To refrain. "We shall be flouting; we cannot hold ."- Shakesp .: As You Like It , v. 1. 10. To cling, to adhere, to attach one's self. (Followed by to . ) "Else he will hold to the one and despise the other." Matthew vi. 24. 1. To hold a candle to the devil; to set a candle before the devil : To connive at some wrong. 2. To hold a candle to any one : To be not worthy of comparison. 3. To hold forth : (1) Trans.: To reach or put forward; to propose, to offer. (2) In trans.: To speak in public; to harangue; to dilate. "A petty conjuror, telling fortunes, held forth in the market-place."-L'Estrange. IMG:content-1212.png:[blocks in formation] (a) To continue or proceed without interruption; to last. "The trade held on for many years after the bishops became protestants."- Swift . (b) To stop; to wait (only in the imperative). 7. To hold on to: To cling to; to hold fast to. 8. To hold out; (1) Transitive : 2194 hold-beam, 8. hole Ship build.: One of the beams which support the 12. To hold up: (1) Transitive : (a) To raise or lift up; as, to hold up one's hand. lower deck in a merchantman, or the orlop deck in *(b) To support, to maintain. IMG:content-1213.png:[blocks in formation] 13. To hold water: (1) Ordinary Language: (a) Lit .: To retain water or other liquid without allowing any to run or flow away; to be watertight. (b) Fig .: To be consistent or probable throughout; to bear close examination or investigation; as, That argument will not hold water . (2) Naut .: To stop a boat in her course by holding the oars in the water with their blades edge upward *14. To hold in hand: To keep in expectation; to play with. *15. To hold in play : To keep fully occupied so that the attention is withdrawn from the main point. 16. To hold one's own : To maintain one's present position or condition; to maintain one's ground; not to lose ground. To hold is a physical act; it requires a degree of bodily strength, or at least the use of the limbs. The mode of the action is the leading idea in the signification of hold . Detain and retain are modes of keeping ; the former signifies keeping back what belongs to another; the latter signifies keeping a long time for one's own purpose. A person may be either held , kept , detained , or retained : when he is held he is held contrary to his will by the hand of another; as suspected persons are held by the officers of justice, that they may not make their escape. ( Crabb : Eng. Synon.) hold (1), s. [HOLD, v.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of seizing, grasping, or holding in the hand or arms; a grasp; a seizure; a clutch. "Hope of laying hold of his reward." - Horsley : Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 27. 2. Mental or intellectual grasp or comprehension; a grasp or influence on the mind. 3. That which supports or holds up; a support. "If a man be upon an high place, without rails or good (a) To hold forward; to reach out; to offer. "The king held out to Esther the golden scepter." - hold , he is ready to fall."- Bacon . Esther v. 2. (b) To endure; to bear; to be able to stand. "Hold out this tempest." (2) Intransitive: Shakesp.: King John, iv. 8. (a) To last; to endure; to continue. "A consumptive person may hold out for years."-Arbuthnot: On Diet. (b) To maintain one's ground; not to yield; to stand one's ground. "The Spaniards, sore charged by Achimetes, had much ado to hold out ." -Knolles: Hist . of the Turkes. (c) To have strength; to endure. IMG:content-1214.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1215.png:[blocks in formation] a man-of-war. *hold (2), s . [A. S.] Flesh, body, carca . "He wulleth freten thin fule hold ."-0. Eng . Homilies, ii. 183. *hold (3), a . & 8. [A. S.; Icel. hollr ; O. H. Ger. holder .] A. As adj .: Friendly; well-disposed. "Thin holde mon."- Layamon , 14,091. B. As subst.: A friend. " Hold other fa."-0. Eng. Homilies, i. 231. hōld-back, s. [Eng. hold , and back .] *1. Ord. Lang.: Anything which holds or keeps back; a restraint; a check; a hindrance; an ob stacle. "The only holdback is the affectionate and pa ionate love that we bear to our wealth." - Hammond : Works, iv. 555. 2. Vehic.: A holdback-hook (q. v.). holdback-hook, s. Vehic.: A projection on a carriage-shaft to which the breeching-strap of a horse is connected, to enable the animal to hold back the vehicle. *hold-en, pa . par . [HOLD, v .] holder, s. [Eng. hold; -er.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who or that which holds. "The makers and holders of plows are wedded to their own particular way." - Mortimer: Husbandry. 2. A tenant; one who holds lands, ., under or of another. 3. Something by or in which anything is kept or held; as, a pencil holder , a holder for a flat-iron, . II. Technically : 1. Comm.: The payee of a bill of exchange or promi ory note. 2. Naut .: A man employed in the hold of a ship. holder-forth, s. One who harangues or speaks publicly. "A pert, empty, conceited holder - forth , whose chief (if not sole) intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack, and (as I may so speak) to pray prizes." -South: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 3.