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Of a single and sincere heart. If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan.

An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]

The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.

To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; - - often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going. Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52. I hinder you…

collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

ain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. The loops held one curtain to another. Ex. xxxvi. 12. Thy right hand shall hold me. Ps. cxxxix. 10. They all hold swords, being expert in war. Cant. iii. In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. Sp…

Keeping at home.

To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. S. Butler.

The keeper of a hostel or inn.

A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak.

An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.

The small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc. -- To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.

A fee for keeping goods in a house. [R.] Chambers.

Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.

The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.

To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.

murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope.

eepest grief of all. Tennyson. To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.