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Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate. [Obs.] Shak.

A handle for a pen.

A place where a pin is fixed.

One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

A shipowner.

One who holds slaves.

Holding persons in slavery.

Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

The office or position of a stadtholder.

The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.

One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.

e of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.

In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.

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

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.

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

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