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Obliged; beholden. [Obs.] I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson (More's Utopia). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.

, The state of being obliged or beholden. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak.

A person who holds a bill or acceptance.

A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

See Blanch holding.

To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Luke xxii. 64.

g; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Throngs of knights and barons bold. Milton.

Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. -- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.

Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman. I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced atheists of this age. Bramhall.

To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.

In a bold manner.

The state or quality of being bold.

A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.

A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.

A headborough; a borsholder.

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman.

a contest; an abettor; a backer. [Colloq.] Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states. The London Times.

See Beggar's ticks.