But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could haveheld that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].
The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick andholding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholarsheld such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
The general ordered the colonel tohold his position at all costs.
2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, inGuardian[1]:
She wasNicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents tohold a major French government post. ButRachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
I remember, before the Dwarf left the Queen, he followed us one day into thoſe gardens, and my Nurſe having ſet me down, he and I being cloſe together, near ſome Dwarf Apple trees, I muſt need ſhew my Wit, by a ſilly Alluſion between him and the Trees, which happens tohold in their Language as it doth in ours.
1691, [John Locke],Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money.[…], London:[…]Awnsham and John Churchill,[…], published1692,→OCLC:
The ruleholds in land as well as all other commodities.
2021 July 20, Masayuki Yuda, “Foodpanda faces backlash after calling Thai protest 'terrorism'”, inNikkei Asia[2], Nikkei Inc, retrieved2021-07-20:
Free speech is a basic human right thatholds even during a state of emergency.
Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonianheld aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
Sheholds that passive index funds beat actively managed ones: she says that "set it and forget it," when done right, beats playing the market as a gambler.
1602,William Warner, “The Seventh Booke. Chapter XXXVI.”, inAlbions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof:[…], 5th edition, London:[…] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter,[…],→OCLC,page173:
He neuerhild but gracious thoughts of vvomen, yeat, I vvinne, / The fayreſt She he euer ſavv might quit his thoughts of ſinne.
Wehold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which Ihold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was beingheld, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
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Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grabhold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
Keep a firmhold on the handlebars.
An act or instance of holding.
Can I have ahold of the baby?
A place where animals are held for safety
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Senator X placed ahold on the bill, then went to the library and placed ahold on a book.
2008, R. Michael Gordon,The Space Shuttle Program: How NASA Lost Its Way, page98:
Because there were no “launch commit criteria” regarding surface booster temperatures that might cause ahold on the launch, the ice team did not report the temperatures to the launch controllers.
This year I slept and woke with pain, I almost wish’d no more to wake, And that myhold on life would break Before I heard those bells again:[…]
1982, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Karen Harvey McClung,Rattlesnakes, Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence,→ISBN, page48:
Despite their seemingly stronghold on life, as indicated by the persistence of movement in decapitation tests, rattlers are relatively frail creatures and are easily killed.
2012, Sarah Fortnum, “Melbourne Cup 2012 From The Bookie’s Perspective”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)[4], archived fromthe original on12 November 2012:
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cuphold was $848,015
(tennis) An instance ofholding one's service game, as opposed to beingbroken.
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to thehold.
1983, New Generation Software,Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)
Ahold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.
1987?, Imagine Software,Legend of Kage (video game instruction leaflet)
SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach theHOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.
Thequeueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
2003, Daniel Jackson, Paul Fulberg,Sonic Branding: An Essential Guide to the Art and Science of Sonic Branding, Palgrave Macmillan,→ISBN, page 6:
Given that there is an average on-hold time of more than five minutes while enquiries are being dealt with, the telephonehold system provided the best opportunity.
2005, Lorraine Grubbs-West,Lessons in Loyalty: How Southwest Airlines Does it : an Insider's View, CornerStone Leadership Inst,→ISBN, page56:
Even the "on-hold" messages on Southwest's telephone system are humorous, ensuring anyone inconvenienced by thehold is entertained.
Note. After the device downloads its new configuration file, we can test placing a call onhold and the generichold music will be heard.
(baseball) Astatistic awarded to arelief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least oneout and maintains a lead for his team.
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Um aber auf deinenholden Kadettengeneral zurückzukommen, so will ich dir, weil du mir dein Geheimnis anvertraut hast, auch etwas Geheimnisvolles verraten […]
unit of surface area, originally the same asacre, but currently usually indicatingkatasztrális hold, though its different types range from 3500 m² to 8400 m²
Some astronomical and geographical terms have both a lowercase (common noun) and a capitalized (proper noun) form. Forföld(“ground, soil”)―Föld(“Earth”),hold(“moon, satellite”)―Hold(“the Moon”), andnap(“day; sun”)―Nap(“the Sun”), the lowercase forms are used in the everyday sense and the capitalized forms in the astronomical sense. In other similar pairs, the former refers to generic sense, and the latter specifies the best known referent:egyenlítő(“equator”)―Egyenlítő(“Equator”),naprendszer(“solar system, planetary system”)―Naprendszer(“Solar System”), andtejút(“galaxy”,literally “milky way”, butgalaxis andgalaktika are more common)―Tejút(“Milky Way”).[5][6][7][8]
Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allthold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."
A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "Allflesh are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
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