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A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.

justment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.

A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.

To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain. If we lose the field, We can not keep the town. Shak. That I may know what keeps me here with you. Dryden. If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are considering, that wo…

One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. His happiness is in his own keeping. South.

That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.

The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a hide or less, sometimes six or more hides.

A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]

Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you. [Obs.] Shak.

A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc. His hat hung at his back down by a lace. Chaucer. For striving more, the more in laces st…

n who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).

A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]

Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. The twelve apostles of the Lamb. Rev. xxi. 14. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John i. 29. -- Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.]…

The pictorial aspect of a country. The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay. Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.