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Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.

Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. -- n.

Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.

The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.

Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts.

Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith.

In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly. Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden.

To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser.

One who withholds.

The act of withholding.

A place where wood is stored.

A burrow made by a worm.

p. p. of Hold. Chaucer.

Animal pathology.

Animal psychology.

The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.

substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.

A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

tirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit it either wholly or in part.

The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.…