'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar.
Shak.
Hoist"a*way` (?), n. A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Hoist"way` (?), n. An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor
of a wareroom.
Hoit (?), v. i. [Gf. W. hoetian to dally, dandle.] To leap; to caper;
to romp noisily. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Hoi"ty-toi`ty (?), a. [From Hoit.] Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also,
haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume
hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or
disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams?
Congreve.
Hoke"day` (?), n. Same as Hockday.
Ho"ker (?), n. [AS. hcor.] Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] --
Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hol (?), a. [See Whole.] Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hol`as*pid"e*an (?), a. [Holo- + Gr.&?;, &?;, shield.] (Zoˆl.) Having a
single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; --
said of certain birds.
Hol"cad (?), n. [Gr. 'olka`s, -a`dos, a ship which is towed, a ship of
burden, fr. 'e`lkein to draw. Gf. Hulk.] A large ship of burden, in
ancient Greece. Mitford.
Hold (?), n. [D. hol hole, hollow. See Hole.] (Naut.) The whole
interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo
is stowed.
Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Held (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Holding. Holden
(&?;), p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal
language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde,
Sw. hÂlla, Goth. haldan to feed, tend (the cattle); of unknown origin.
Gf. Avast, Halt, Hod.]
1. To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation,
within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or
escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; 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. 8.
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 keep in peace that hand which thou
dost hold.
Shak.
2. To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority
over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire.
Milton.
3. To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive
title to; as, to hold office.
This noble merchant held a noble house.
Chaucer.
Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute.
Knolles.
And now the strand, and now the plain, they held.
Dryden.
4. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind
legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
We can not hold mortality's strong hand.
Shak.
Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.
Grashaw.
He had not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.
Macaulay.
5. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a
course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Hold not thy peace, and be not still.
Ps. lxxxiii. 1.
Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their
course.
Milton.
6. To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the
result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session,
etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or
preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a
court; a clergyman holds a service.