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pt as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope.

The European goldfinch.

Same as Goldylocks.

A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]

Destitute of gold.

See Gilthead.

Dog's-tail grass.

See Goldfinny.

An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

See Verdin.

A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.

The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.]

p; to retain. The loops held one curtain to another. Ex. xxxvi. 12. Thy right hand shall hold me. Ps. cxxxix. 10. They all hold swords, being expert in war. Cant. iii. In vain he seeks, that having can not hold. Spenser. France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the tooth, Than kee…

Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone." Bp. Montagu.

That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.

A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.