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A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary. To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. Blackstone.

An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.

A small room; an inclosed place. So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser.

A private room in which consultations are held. Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott.

Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.

e lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Writting also calque]

Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon.

s a sutler, servant, etc. -- Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefty by Methodists. It usualy last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. -- Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back…

ce or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

pitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.

Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement. A poor, miserable, captive thrall. Milton.

(with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

rpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. -- To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. -- To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. -- To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to…

A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material. Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile. -- Blank cartrige, a cartridge without a projectile, -- Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial…

Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.