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A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.

Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.…

The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.

Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.

The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.

See Trou-de-loup.

To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [Obs.] Otway.

Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. -- Un*ho"li*ly, adv. -- Un*ho"li*ness, n.

Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld. Besought his pity. Dryden.

An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.] The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay.

verings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.

One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. Upholsterer bee. (Zoöl.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy.

The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.

A touchhole; a vent.

The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.

umber, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. "On their whole host I flew unarmed." Milton. The whole race of mankind. Shak.