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stronghold |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stronghold \Strong"hold`\, n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place a place of security. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hold \Hold\, n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay. Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold --Chaucer. Thou should'st lay hold upon him --B. Jonson My soul took hold on thee. --Addison. Take fast hold of instruction. --Pror. iv 13. 2. The authority or ground to take or keep claim. The law hath yet another hold on you --Shak. 3. Binding power and influence. Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of --Tillotson. 4. Something that may be grasped; means of support. If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold he is ready to fall. --Bacon. 5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. They . . . put them in hold unto the next day --Acts. iv 3. King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. --Shak. 6. A place of security; a fortified place a fort; a castle; -- often called a {stronghold}. --Chaucer. New comers in an ancient hold --Tennyson. 7. (Mus.) A character [thus ?] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also {pause}, and {corona}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stronghold n : a strongly fortified place [syn: {fastness}]
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