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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck,
in which the cargo is stowed. |
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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. |
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To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or
authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend. |
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To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to
derive title to; as, to hold office. |
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To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to
bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. |
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To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute,
as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or
privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. |
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To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think;
to judge. |
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To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he
holds his head high. |
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In general, to keep one's self in a given position or
condition; to remain fixed. Hence: |
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Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. |
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Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to
remain unbroken or unsubdued. |
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Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to
endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. |
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Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain
attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. |
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To restrain one's self; to refrain. |
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To derive right or title; -- generally with of. |
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The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the
manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe;
possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. |
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The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. |
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Binding power and influence. |
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Something that may be grasped; means of support. |
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A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody;
guard. |
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A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; --
often called a stronghold. |
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A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and
indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and
corona. |