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The state of being occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good housewife she. Dryden.

An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.

Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.

hich is to be paid from the earnings of the company before any dividends are made to stockholders; -- issued chiefly or exclusively by railroad companies. -- Income tax, a tax upon a person's incomes, emoluments, profits, etc., or upon the excess beyond a certain amount.

k, to write one's name on the back of a note or bill, leaving a blank to be filled by the holder.

An innholder.

Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling. The interchanges of light and darkness. Holder. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton.

Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. Holder. -- In`ter*change"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`ter*change"a*bly, adv.

f intervening; interposition. Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane. Holder.

To allow to pass in; to admit. Glass in the window intromits light, without cold. Holder.

rnment notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder. -- Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness, adv.

The holder of a jaghir.

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

f nature are very limited. Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] Mozley & W.

articular attention to same sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder.

To be a mere spectator. I'll be a candleholder, and look on. Shak. -- To look out, to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the seaman looks out for breakers. -- To look through. (a) To see through. (b) To search; to examine with the eyes. -- To look to or unto. (a) To watch; to take care of. "Look well to thy herds."…

To divide into two equal parts. [R.] Holder.

nesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.

nition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.