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An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee. Burrill.

The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

ain. Dryden. To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the enemy.

Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. Blackstone.

A case for holding pens. [Obs.]

Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.

pe privet. -- Pipe wrench, or Pipetongs, a jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it. -- To smoke the pipe of peace, to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, -- a custom of the American Indians.

A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.

The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time. [Eng.]

One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.

Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.

A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.

A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

l, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

A vessel or small basket for holding fruit. He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand. Dickens. Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. Shak.

Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall. Chesterfield.

The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.