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The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak.

A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing, n. & a.

Held by lease.

A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n.

Land held by a life estate.

The worship of a stone or stones.

Of or pertaining to lithology.

From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.

One who is skilled in lithology.

The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.

Provided with loopholes.

A South African lemur (Galago maholi), having very large ears. [Written also moholi.]

A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

In a melancholy manner.

The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.

Melancholy. [R.] Milton.