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Hold
·noun Binding power and influence. II. Hold ·noun The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. ...

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Hold
A fortress, the name given to David's lurking-places (1 Sam. 22:4, 5; 24:22). ...

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hold
a place where people stay to chat in when they are sent on an errand ; a loitering place. N. ...

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hold
The whole interior cavity of a ship, or all that part comprehended between the floor and the lower d...

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Main
·adj Vast; huge. II. Main ·noun A main-hamper. III. Main ·adj Important; necessary. IV. Main ·nou...

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main
very; main good, very good. Also the chief; madam's the main, i. e. madam is the chief or ruler. C. ...

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main
A continent or mainland. Also, figuratively, the ocean. ...

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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security. II. Anchor-hold ·noun The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to w...

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Strangle hold
·add. ·- In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed. ...

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Toe hold
·add. ·- A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot. ...

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petticoat hold
One who has an estate during his wife's life, called the apron-string hold. ...

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to hold forth
To harangue; to speak in public.--Todd's Johnson. A petty corjuror telling fortunes, held forth in ...

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to hold on
To wait; stop. 'Hold on a minute;' originally a sea phrase. ...

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to hold up
In allusion to the weather, to clear up, after a storm; to stop raining. Though nice and dark the p...

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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...

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fore-hold
The part of the hold before the fore hatchway. ...

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hold-all
A portable case for holding small articles required by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men on servi...

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hold-beams
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. In a man-of-war they support the orlop-deck. (See orlop-...

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hold-fast
A rope; also the order to the people aloft, when shaking out reefs, &c., to suspend the operation. I...

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hold off
The keeping the hove-in part of a cable or hawser clear of the capstan. ...

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hold on
keep all you have got in pulling a rope. ♦ Hold on a minute. Wait or stop. ♦ Hold on with your n...

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hold-stanchions
Those which support the hold-beams amidships, and rest on the kelson. ...

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lower-hold
The space for cargo in a merchant-vessel, fitted with 'tween-decks. ...

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Main yard
·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. ...

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Main-gauche
·noun The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; — used to parry thru...

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Main-hamper
·noun A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. ...

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Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...

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main-body
The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army. ...

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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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main-brace
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind. ...

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main-breadth
The broadest part of a ship at any particular timber or frame, distinguished by upper and lower heig...

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main-capstan
The after one, as distinguished from the jeer-capstan. ...

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main-course
The main-sail. ...

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main-guard
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place. ...

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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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main-jeers
Jeers for swaying up the main-yard. ...

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main-keel
The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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main-piece
The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...

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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post. ...

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main-sail
This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...

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main-shaft
The principal shaft in machinery. ...

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main-spring
The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...

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main-staysail
A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts. ...

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main-tackle
A large and strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon the main pendant, and used for various purposes,...

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main-transom
A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see). ...

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main-wales
The lower wales, which are generally placed on the lower breadth, and so that the main-deck knee-bol...

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apron string hold
An estate held by a man during his wife's life. ...

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depth of hold
The height between the floor and the lower-deck; it is therefore one of the principal dimensions giv...

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hold up, to
In meteorological parlance, for the weather to clear up after a gale; to stop raining. ...

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lower-hold-beams
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...

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coup de main
A sudden and vigorous attack. ...

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main royal-mast
That above the main topgallant-mast. ...

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main-sail haul!
The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking. ...

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main-tack block
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to. ...

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main-tackle pendant
A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...

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main-top bowline
The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...

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main-topsail haul!
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list. ...

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square main-sail
See main-sail. ...

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captain of the hold
The last of the captains in rank, as a first-class petty officer. ...

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height of the hold
Used for the depth of the hold. ...

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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...

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pillar of the hold
A main stanchion with notches for descent. ...

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trim of the hold
The arrangement of the cargo, &c., by which a vessel carries sail well, and becomes under control as...

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fill the main-yard
An order well understood to mean, fill the main-topsail, after it has been aback, or the ship hove-t...

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splice the main brace
In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...

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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities. ...

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main-piece of the rudder
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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mate of the main-deck
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...

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stay-tackles, fore and main
Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...

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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done. ...

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haul aboard the fore and main tacks
This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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