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HOLD, sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. I. Dial. forms: (1) Had, (2) Hadde, (3) Haowt, (4) Haut, (5) Hawlt, (6) Hoad, (7) Hoal, (8) Hoald, (9) Hote, (10) Hoult, (11) Hout, (12) Howlt, (13) Howt, (14) Odd, (15) Olt, (16) Oud, (17) Owlt, (18) Owt. [For further forms see Hold, v. I. 1 and II. below.] (1) Sh.I. He took a had o' her, Sh. News (Dec. 2, 1899). Cai.1 (2) Sh.I. Sh. News (Jan. 22, 1898). (3) se.Wor.1 Now then lay haowt o' this 'ere shuppick. (4) Hrf.2 (5) Brks.1 (6) Nhb.1 Wm. I gat hoad ev hes hand, Close Satirist (1833) 155. (7) Cum.1 (8) Cum.1 Cum.4 (9) Glo.1 (10) n.Ir. A gruppit hoult o' him, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan, 21; N.I.1 I.Ma. The docther slacked the hoult, Brown Doctor (1887) 94. Chs.1 Chs.3 Glo. He catched hoult of my leg, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) vii. (11) Chs.3, nw.Der.1, Shr.1 Shr.2 (12) Ir. It's a... good howlt of the floore she's got too, Paddiana (ed. 1848) I. 251. Glo.1 (13) Chs.1, s.Chs.1 (14) w.Yks. Hittha, David, tak odd, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 17. (15) Wor. Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 112. (16) w.Yks. Sooa yo seen Dame Flatback ger oud a won leg, Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1877) 33. (17, 18) Glo.1 II. Dial. uses. 1. In phr. (1) a hold of health, a symptom, sign of health; (2) steek haud, a term of encouragement used in setting dogs to fight; (3) to drop hold of, to come across, light upon, find; (4) to get or take a hold of or on, to get or take hold of; (5) to get hold, to recover; (6) to get hold of, to become possessed of; (7) to go by the holds, to be in leading-strings, to go by the help of another; (8) to had haul', to offer sufficient resistance, to be firm, strong, hard; (9) to hold one's hold, (a) to adhere, keep what one has got; (b) to hold fast, to stop or go gently; (10) to plough with a hold, to plough deeply; (11) to take holds, to take hold. (1) Ayr. Ony ha'd o' health he has is aye at meal time, and yet he puts a' in an ill skin, Galt Lairds (1826) i. (2) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (3) Wor. Where 'er'll very likely drop olt o' that old drunken deaf Tom, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 112. (4) n.Sc. Here, my laddie, tak' a haud o' the reins, Gordon Carglen (1891) 9. Cai.1 He gote a had o'm. Frf. The very bairns at the Sabbath-School got a haud o' the story, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 53, ed. 1889. Rnf. God's common-sense, as we have it i' the Book, if we only got a haud o't, Gilmour Pen-Flk. (1873) 21. Nhb.1 Stop till aa get ahad on't. If aa get ahad on ye, aa'll warm ye (s.v. Ahad). (5) w.Yks.1 My lad begins to git hod. (6) n.Lin.1 Sally's that setten up wi' her bairn onybody wo'd think she was fo'st woman as hed larnt how to get hohd o' childer. (7) Sc. To gae be the hadds (Jam.). (8) Cai.1 ‘'E last rope brook but 'iss ane 'ill had haul.’ Things hard to chew ‘had haul’ to the teeth. A thrifty mother in getting clothes for her boys wishes to get material that will ‘had haul’ to them. (9, a) n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 They'll hod their hod. m.Yks.1 (b) Shr.1 (10) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (11) Nhb. There ─ tak hauds, lad, and lets gan in, Clare Love of Lass (1890) I. 19. 2. A tenure of land; a ‘holding,’ property held upon a certain tenure; a home, habitation, esp. in phr. house and hold. Sc. And I'm your Annie of Lochroyan, Turned out frae house and hald, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 46. Abd. A wuddiefu', wi' nedder hame nor haul' o' 's nain, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 18. Fif. Scarce house or hald to screen frae cauld, Douglas Poems (1806) 49. Rnf. It seem't to be the hale Life's aim hoo best they micht defraud Him oot the payments o' his haud, Young Pictures (1865) 153. Lnk. Ye may be reft o' house and hald, Rodger Poems (1838) 167, ed. 1897; They thrust them out of house and hould, Lithgow Poet. Rem. (ed. 1863) Scotland's Welcome. e.Lth. The ministers turned oot o' hoose an' hauld, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 158. Edb. I now hae neither house nor hauld, And maun wander far awa, McDowall Poems (1839) 129. Slk. While I hae house or hauld on earth, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 99. Dmf. Rentit their hauld frae the Laird o' the Peel, Reid Poems (1894) 76. Cum. God help them widout house or hauld This dark and stormy neet, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 33; Cum.1 They've nowder house nor hoald to draw teah. n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 ‘A wankle hod,’ an uncertain tenure. ‘He has his land under a good hod’; n.Yks.4 If thoo dizn't mak thi ho'd paay thi owt. ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 He has his land under a good hod. ne.Lan.1 3. A haunt, resort, a place of rendezvous. Sh.I. The ‘Summer-set’ was... a hadde for old soldier pensioners and man-of-war's men, Sh. News (Jan. 22, 1898). Cor.2 4. A place of retreat or shelter, a hiding-place; the den, hole, or lair of an animal, esp. the lurking-place of fish in streams. Sh.I. ‘Had,’ the den of a wild beast, Chambers' Jrn. (Oct. 23, 1886) 685; The word ‘hadd’ is applied particularly to the hole made by a burrowing animal. Even the earth dwelling of man might be termed a hadd or hiding place, Spence Flk-Lore (1899) 19; Sh.&Ork.1 Nhb. Terriers... are necessary to make the otter bolt from his ‘hover’ or ‘holt,’ Davies Rambles Sch. Field-club (1881) xxxvi; Thrusting the hand and naked arm up rat holes, or below the brae edges under water (called haads), whilst lying flat on the burn side, and gumping the trout there concealed (R.O.H.); Nhb.1, Cum.1 Wm. That's a likely hauld fer a troot er tweea (B.K.). n.Yks. A rabbit hod (T.S.). w.Yks.1 There's nut a finer hod i' au'th' beck. ne.Lan.1 Fish haalds. Nhp.1 When a pike has taken its bait, he is often said to run to his holt or home. The retreat of the otter is frequently called his holt. War.1 War.2 Wor. The sport was worked from holt to holt, Evesham Jrn. (Apr. 29, 1899). Shr.1 Shr.2 Hrf.1; Hrf.2 You canna get at 'im, he's in 'is hoult. Glo. (W.H.C.); Glo.1 A rabbit's burrow; a badger's earth. Sur.1 Such a wood is a good holt for a fox. Dev. Thee was glad tu kom tu holt, Ov the cold thee'st had a taste, n.Dev. Jrn. (Dec. 17, 1885) 2, col. 5. Cor.1 Cor.2; Cor.3 Badger's holt; otter's holt. w.Cor. Commonly implying secrecy as well as security, N. & Q. (1854) 1st S. x. 319. [The lurking place of a fish, especially of a trout, Mayer Sptsmn's Direct. (1845) 63.] 5. The goal in a game; a temporary stopping-place in games of chase. n.Yks. (I.W.), e.Yks.1 Cf. holt, sb.2 6. A prison, lock-up; confinement; gen. in phr. in hold. Qco. We have your husband in hoult, Barrington Sketches (1830) I. ii. w.Yks. They've getten 'o'd on 'im, and putten 'im in hold (F.P.T.). Midl. Tom is in the hold of Bumbledon, Bartram People of Clopton (1897) 20. War.3 1682. Served a warrant on Will. Clark and going to justise with him and keeping him in hould, Ansley Par. Accounts in Trans. Arch. B'ham Institute (1890). 7. A wrestling term: a wrestle, tussle; a grip, embrace; gen. in phr. in holds. N.I.1 ‘When I first seen them they were in hoults,’ i.e. they were grappling with each other. Nhb. ‘To tyek had,’ to get into grips (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 Let's hev a haad together. Cum.4 Used when the wrestler gets hold of his own two hands. Hoalds may be ‘slack’ or ‘close.’ ‘It teaak a fella wid t'grip of a dancen bear teh keep Bob fra twisten that girt roond back eh his oot eh hoalds,’ Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 75. ‘When they were in hauds the comical sight provoked a burst of laughter,’ C. Patr. (June 30, 1893) 3, col. 4. Wm. To secure some advantage in the game great caution is displayed in taking. After the umpire has declared ‘hauld’ the contestants are compelled to wrestle. ‘They war a lang time gitten hauld’ (B.K.). Hrf.1 When two men are grappling with one another, they are said to be in holt. Glo. Lewis Gl. (1839). 8. An argument, dispute, wrangle. Not.1 Lei.1 I had several arguments and holts with him. Nhp.1 We'd such a holt over it; Nhp.2, e.Suf. (F.H.) 9. A support, something to lean against, esp. in comb. Back-hold. Also used fig. and advb. Sc. I'm old and faild, And cannot walk without a hald, Graham Writings (1883) I. 237. Bnff.1 A'm a' richt noo: a've gotten ma back till a haul. Abd. Wi' the help o' haul' and hirst, He joggit on, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 219. Wm. Wait a minute till Ah mend mi back-hauld (B.K.); In wrestling where one of the contestants is much superior in skill and strength, he will allow the other to embrace him from behind, with a view to equalizing the disparity ─ this is called ‘wrusslin' back-hauld’ or ‘wrusslin'-back-hod.’ ‘Ah can wrussle thee back-hauld’ (B.K.). e.Yks. Ah's tired oot o' sitting here, wivoot a bit o' back-hod, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 92; e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) 10. A handle to lay hold upon, a holder. n.Yks.2 11. A mortgage on property. n.Yks.2 12. A hobby, favourite pursuit. n.Yks.2 13. Anything nursed, a source of care or trouble. My bairn's my hod. My bad leg's my hod, n.Yks.2 14. Restraint, power of retention. Ayr. Applied with the negative to denote prodigality (Jam.); My people... dealt round shortbread and sugar-biscuit with wine... as if there had been no ha'd in their hands, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) xlvi. 15. Trust, faithfulness; dependence on a person or thing. s.Chs.1 Dhŭr)z nóo uwt ŭ dhaat· mon [There's noo howt o' that mon]. Nhp.1 We have no holt on him, i.e. we have no security that he will keep to any promises of amendment. Hrf.1 Glo. Lewis Gl. (1839). [‘There is no hold in him,’ said of a false and treacherous person (K.).] 16. Ability, intellect. n.Yks.2 Has he a good hod 17. Force, energy; strength, body, substance. e.Yks.1 We gă job sum hod when we gat ageeat on't, MS. add. (T.H.) Glo.1 Used of cider, hay, &c. ‘I didn't think there was no owt in bran.’ Cor.3 The stew is sloppy ─ no holt in it. 18. Punishment, a beating, flogging; a scolding; pain; also used fig. n.Yks.2 ‘They gave 'em some 'od;’ as we say, ‘held them to the mark.’ e.Yks. Ah'll gi tha sum hod afooar lang, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 26; e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.1 I'll give him some ho'd when I get hold of him. Of a blister, it will be said, ‘It gave me some hold.’ w.Yks. (J.W.) 19. A crick in the neck.

n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks.1 I've gitten a hod i' my neck.

HOLD, v. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Amer. I. Gram. forms. 1. Present Tense: (1) Ald, (2) Haad, (3) Haald, (4) Had, Hadd, (5) Hald, (6) Haud, (7) Haul, (8) Hauld, (9) Hawld, (10) Heeld, (11) Ho, (12) Hod, (13) Hode, (14) Hohd, (15) Hole, (16) Holld, (17) Holt, (18) Houd, (19) Houl, (20) Hould, (21) Houle, (22) Howd, (23) Howld, (24) Hud, (25) Hull, (26) Hyld, (27) Oald, (28) Od, (29) Ole, (30) Owd. [For further instances see II. below.] (1) Shr.1 (2) Nhb. (R.O.H.), ne.Lan.1 (3) ne.Lan.1 (4) Sc. As good hads the stirrup as he that loups on, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 7. Cai.1 nw.Abd. We hae an unco canny laft For haddin orra trock, Goodwife (1867) st. 6. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Cum.1, n.Yks.4 (5) Sc. Obs., Murray Dial. (1873) 205. Lakel.1, n.Lan.1 (6) Sc. Haud my naig, Scott Nigel (1822) xxvii. Bnff.1, N.I.1, N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1, m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3, e.Lan.1, Not.1 (7) Abd. Deeside Tales (1877) 213. Dmf. (Jam.) (8) Dmf. (Jam.) Cum. Relfe Misc. Poems (1847) Gl. (9) Brks.1 (10) Abd. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xv. (11) Cum.1 Cum.4, Wm. (B.K.) (12) n.Cy. (Hall.), Lakel.2, Cum.1, n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1 33, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.5, ne.Lan.1, Der.2, Lin.1, n.Lin.1 (13) Nhb.1, Chs.1, Der.2 (14) n.Lin.1 (15) e.Yks. E. Morning News (Aug. 3, 1896). (16) w.Yks. Hey, dog! Hey, Wolf, holld him, holld him! Brontë Wuthering Hts. (1847) ii. (17) Nhp.1, Glo.1, Sur.1, Sus.1 Sus.2, Hmp.1, w.Som.1, nw.Dev.1 [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) 1. 50.] (18) Yks. Hou'd thy tongue, mother, Gaskell Sylvia (1863) 43, ed. 1874. e.Lan.1, Lin. (M.P.), Shr.1 (19) N.I.1 (20) Ir. Kitty was houlding the door, Paddiana (ed. 1848) I. 99. Nhb.1 I.Ma. And you... houldin on, Brown Doctor (1887) 11. (21) Wxf.1 (22) w.Yks.2, Chs.1 Chs.3 Der. I'd a hole big enow to howd my fist, Cushing Voe (1888) II. vii. Lin. For whoä's to howd the lond ater meä? Tennyson N. Farmer, Old Style (1864) st. 15. Nrf. A large charch big enough te howd a dozen o' the rector's in, Spilling Giles (1872) 7. Suf.1 (23) Ir. Barrington Sketches (1830) III. vi. (24) e.Sc. Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) iii. (25) Nhp.1 (26) s.Pem. Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420. (27) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. (28) Wm. Ez lang ez yer wind ur yer taael 'll od oot, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 29. m.Yks.1 Introd. 28. w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 140. Not.2 (29) Nhp. N. & Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 18. (30) Lan. Owding t'varmint by it neck, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) I. 149. 2. Preterite: (1) Hadded, (2) Haded, (3) Haeld, (4) Hald, (5) Heed, (6) Heilded, (7) Heilit, (8) Helt, (9) Heud, (10) Hewd, (11) Hild, (12) Hilt, (13) Hodded, (14) Hoddit, (15) Hoded, (16) Hold, (17) Holted, (18) Howded, (19) Howdud, (20) Howld, (21) Howlded, (22) Hude, (23) Hued, (24) Huild, (25) Oald, (26) Oddad, (27) Odid. (1) Nhb. Aw hadded him, an' waddent let him gan, Forster Newc. Sng. Sol. (1859) iii. 4; Nhb.1 (2) Nhb. An' when she haded it, Robson Bk. Ruth (1860) iii. 15. (3) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 205. (4) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) Nrf. (W.R.E.) (5) Cai.1 (6, 7) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) (8) Lan. Whol e helt o greyt sloice o ham, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 40. Not.1, Lei.1 Nhp.1 He helt it up. War.2, Oxf. (G.O.) [Amer. Dial. Notes. (1896) I. 233.] (9) Nrf. I heu'd him, and wudn't ler 'im go, Gillett Sng. Sol. (1860) iii. 4. (10) Suf.1 A nivva hewd up a's hid aater. (11) Suf.1 [Amer. Dial. Notes. (1896) I. 277.] (12) Oxf.1, Cmb. (J.D.R.) [Amer. Dial. Notes. (1896) I. 233.] (13) n.Yks. (I.W.), e.Yks.1 (14) Cum. He teùkk hod o' t'reakk, an' hoddit t'oot (E.W.P.); Cum.1 (15) Cum. I hoded up my neef, Graham Gwordy (1778) 72. ne.Yks.1 33. (16) e.Dev. Ai hold'en, an' eud'n leyve geu, Pulman Sng. Sol. (1860) iii. 4. (17) Ant. (W.H.P.) (18) Lan. Aw howded him, un wouldn't let him gooa, Staton Sng. Sol. (1859) iii. 4. (19) Lan. Thi bwoath howdud thir honds eawt tu mi, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 5. (20) Cor. I howld un, and wudn't lev un go, Sng. Sol. (1859) iii. 4. (21) Wil. I howlded un, an' keep'd un, Kite Sng. Sol. (1860) iii. 4. (22) Frf. When dark December's tempest hurl'd, She hude unholy feasts, Lowson Guidfollow (1890) 232. (23) e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. For still she hued it toight, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st. 85; Ess.1 (24) Slk. (Jam.) (25) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. (26) w.Yks. Yo'de see at e oddad it undar hiz chin like, Tom Treddlehoyle Ben Bunt (1838) 12. (27) m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 140. 3. Pp.: (1) Hadden, (2) Haddin, (3) Haddn, (4) Haden, (5) Halden, (6) Halt, (7) Hauden, (8) Haudin, (9) Helt, (10) Hilt, (11) Hodded, (12) Hodden, (13) Hoddn, (14) Hoden, (15) Holden, (16) Holt, (17) Holten, (18) Houden, (19) Hoult, (20) Howd'n, (21) Howlded, (22) Howt, (23) Hudden, (24) Hued, (25) Huld, (26) Oald, (27) Oaldud, (28) Odid, (29) Odn. (1) Sc. An ill wife and a new kindled candle shou'd ha'e their heads hadden down, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Cai.1, Nhb.1 (2) Sc. (Jam.) (3) Sh.I. Da frost [ice] wis very tick, an' wid a hadd'n wiz a' up, Sh. News (Jan. 21, 1899). (4) Sh.I. Sh. News (Dec. 4, 1897). Edb. Har'st Rig (1794) 25, ed. 1801. (5) Sc. Obs., Murray Dial. (1873) 205. (6) Wxf.1 Vaate apan vaate a met-borde was ee-halt, 98. (7) Sc. Better hae hauden her tongue, Scott Leg. Mont. (1818) iv. Dur.1 Cum. At Skinburness... This weddin' it was hauden, Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 3. (8) Sh.I. Da coo wis dat wye gluff'd 'at I couldna get her haudin, Sh. News (Oct. 9, 1897). (9) Not.1, Lei.1, War.2 [Amer. Dial. Notes. (1896) I. 233.] (10)? Oxf.1, Cmb. (J.D.R.) [Amer. Dial. Notes. (1896) 1. 233.] (11) n.Yks.2 w.Yks.5 Hah long's he hodded it? (12) Lakel.2 Cum.3 If t'doctor he went tull, hed hodden his tung, 165; Cum.4, n.Yks.2 ne.Yks.1 33, m.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.5, ne.Lan.1 Der. That's yan thing to be hodden i' mind, Ward David Grieve (1892) III. bk. iv. vi. (13) Wm. T'king's hodd'n i' t'galleries, Richardson Sng. Sol. (1859) vii. 5. w.Yks. Hodd'n cloise to t'pipe, Binns Orig. (1889) No. i. 6. (14) w.Yks.3 (15) Or.I. Holden under thraldom and tyranny, Peterkin Notes (1822) 116. Abd. A head court to be holden at the Foot o' Gairn, Deeside Tales (1872) 133. Ayr. A person holden in great respect and repute, Galt Gilhaize (1823) v. n.Yks.2 (16) Hnt. (T.P.F.) [Amer. Dial. Notes. (1896) I. 239.] (17) Lei.1 28. (18) w.Yks. Pogmoor Olm. (1869) 24. (19) I.Ma. Brown Doctor (1898) 138. (20) Lan. Johnny went to a perty howd'n at a public-heawse, Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 50. (21) Wil. Th' king uz howlded in th' galleries, Kite Sng. Sol. (1860) vii. 5. (22) s.Chs.1 (23) Sc. You'll wish you'd hudden your hands aff ane, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) xv. (24) e.Suf. (F.H.) (25) Dev. Tha king es huld en tha gallerys, Baird Sng. Sol. (1860) vii. 5. (26, 27) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. (28) m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 140. (29) w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 140. II. Dial. meanings. 1. Comb. with prep., adv., &c. (1) To hold again, to resist, withstand; to stop, arrest; (2) hold at, to persist in; keep on at; not to spare; (3) hold away, (a) to keep away, hold off; (b) to go on one's way, to go on or away; gen. in imper. as a term of encouragement; (4) hold by, (a) to go past, to pass; (b) to stand or get out of the way; (c) to refrain from, abstain; (d) to esteem, to have an opinion of; (5) hold forrust, to lead the first horse in a team; (6) hold forward (forrit), to go forward; (7) hold in, (a) to restrain; to confine, keep from spreading; (b) of vessels, &c.: not to leak, to contain any liquid; (c) not to expend, to save; also used fig.; (d) to supply; (8) hold in about, to curb, check, keep in order; (9) hold in with, to keep on good terms with, curry favour with; (10) hold off, or hold aff, (a) to keep off, keep away from, not to befall; esp. of rain, &c.; (b) to keep back or away; gen. in imper.; (11) hold off of, or affen, to protect or defend; (12) hold on, (a) to stop, wait, pause; gen. in imper.; (b) to continue, persevere; (c) in sewing: to keep one side of two pieces to be sewn together fuller than the other; (13) hold out, (a) to pretend, allege, to persist in a lie; (b) to dwell, live; (c) to present a gun; (d) to extend to the full measure or weight; (e) to attend regularly; to frequent; (14) hold so, to cease, give over, gen. in imper.; (15) hold till, to persist in anything; (16) hold to, (a) to keep to, stick to, maintain; (b) to go on one's way; (c) to keep shut; (d) to keep hard at work, to keep going; (17) hold up, (a) to keep fine; to leave off raining; (b) to endure, bear up against illness or trouble, not to give way to despondency; to keep up and about, not to take to one's bed from illness; (c) to hold, cause to take place, observe; (d) to resist; (e) to occupy the attention of; (f) of a woman: not to be confined so soon as was expected; (18) hold up to, to court, woo, make up to; (19) hold up with, to keep pace with; (20) hold with, (a) to agree with, be of the same opinion as, to approve of, side with; (b) to consume, take. (1) Sc. (Jam.) (2) Sc. Pete wadna let me. He hauds at me mornin', nune, an' nicht, Swan Gates of Eden (1895) iii. Cai.1 Elg. Ye're ahin wi' the wark, a lang wauy behind, Haud the eidenter at it, Tester Poems (1865) 134. (3, a) n.Sc. And ye'll had far away frae me, Buchan Ballads (1828) I. 111, ed. 1875. Bch. They had awa' frae you; they ken Ye're but an useless folp, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 24. Abd. Toot, haud awa', don't shake me thus, Ogg Willie Waly (1873) 50. Gall. I'm no sae sonsie To haud away the wights unchancie, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 54, ed. 1897. (b) Abd. Ye maun jist haud awa' ower to Kirkbyres, MacDonald Malcolm (1875) III. 181. Ayr. Beneath the moon's unclouded light I held awa to Annie, Burns Rigs o' Barley, st. 1. N.I.1, N.Cy.1 Nhb. Hadaway, get yor coat on, lad. ‘Hadaway Harry, lad; hadaway Harry! Pull like a good 'un, through storm or through shine’ (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 Dur.1 When used to another man implies that the speaker will accompany the one spoken to (A.B.). Cum. ‘Hold away' was the common phr. used by sportsmen to encourage their dogs to take a wider and quicker range in search of game, or as a signal to the dog to start off after the down charge (J.Ar.). n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 (4, a) Sc. (Jam.) nw.Abd. Haud by the luncart, by the strype It's no a bit, Goodwife (1867) st. 54. (b) Cum. Mak a ring, mak a ring; iverybody [ho bye] hob-bye, an let's ha fairplay, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 123; Cum.1 (c) Abd. ‘Come roun' to Luckie's, an' we'll weet oor mou'.’ ‘Na; I think I'll need to try an' haud by't some the day,’ Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 37. (d) Sc. I haud unco little by the Parliament House, Scott Midlothian (1818) xii. (5) Oxf.1 I wants a bwoy t' 'old forrust, MS. add. (6) Slk. He had hodden forrit a' the way wi' our wife, Hogg Tales (1838) 297, ed. 1866. (7, a) Edb. Whenever they begin The deil's nae fit to had them in, Learmont Poems (1791) 60. Gall. They ran on the braes sae sunny That haud in the river Dee, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 272, ed. 1876. (b) Sc. That lume [vessel] doesna hald in (Jam.). Cai.1 Nhb. The kit winna had in; it's runnin' like a siv (R.O.H.). (c) Sc. Little wats the ill-willy wife what a dinner may had in, Ferguson Prov. (1641) 23; He hauds in the siller weel (Jam.); Ilk presbyter had given up the names of the disaffected ministry within their presbytery ─ whilk held in their travels frae coming to Turriff, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) II. 195 (Jam.). (d) Sc. ‘Hald in eldin,’ supply the fire with fuel, spoken of that kind which needs to be constantly renewed, as furze, broom, &c. (JAM.) (8) Sc. (JAM.) (9) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Abd. To help 'im wi' that he heeld in wi' Johnny Gibb, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xv. (10, a) Per. Haud aff the daddin' wind an' weet, An' bless the bread, an' mak' it sweet, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 28. n.Yks.1 Of something probably impending, as a fall of rain, a change of weather, a fit of illness or pain; n.Yks.4 Ah think t'rain's gahin' ti ho'd off. If he can nobbut ho'd off fra drinkin' he'll cum roond. w.Yks. (J.W.) (b) Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Spoken by a putter putting a full tub to one meeting him with an empty one, the latter being obliged to get out of the way, Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). Chs.3 Lin. Ho'd off, will ye, man! Gilbert Rugge (1866) II. 108. (11) Abd. (Jam.); I wid be sweir to ill-guide ony craeter 'at's nae able to haud affen theirsel’, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (June 25, 1898). (12, a) Lnk. Ye maun alloo that was bad eneuch; but haud on, there's waur to come, Fraser Whaups (1895) xiii. Nhb. (R.O.H.) Cum. ‘Haud on, mê man,’ sed Ah, ‘nut seah fast,’ Farrall Betty Wilson (1886) 34. n.Yks.4 Ho'd on a bit, deean't thoo slavver on seea fast. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Howd on, Harry! see the, Jim! there's sommat yon, Donaldson Rossendel Beef-neet, 14; Howd on, lad, Aw want thee, Ackworth Clog Shop Chron. (1896) 50. I.Ma. But hould on, you'll hear, you'll hear, Brown Witch (1889) 17. nw.Der.1 Uu:ŭŏd onn. e.Suf. (F.H.), Ken. (D.W.L.) (b) Abd. Up there,... I' the bow o' the blue, Haud skirlin' on as gien a' war new, MacDonald Sir Gibbie (1879) lxii; Hadd on a cow till I come o'er the gate, Ross Helenore (1768) 70. Per. ‘It may be a' discharged for the past, but ye'll never haud on.’ ‘Never haud on!’ says I, Sandy Scott (1897) 66. (c) Sc. (Jam.) (13, a) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Bnff.1 Will ye haud oot sic a lee i' ma face? (b) Edb. A far away cousin... that held out among the howes of the Lammermoor hills, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) xvii. (c) Sc. When Sir Edgar hauds out, down goes the deer, Scott Bride of Lam. (1819) iii. (d) Sc. ‘Will that claithe hald out?’ will it be found to contain the number of yards mentioned? (Jam.) (e) Abd. (JAM.) (14) Sc. I think I'll haud sae for a' night (Jam.). Edb. Had sae, and let me get a word in, Fergusson Poems (1773) 176, ed. 1785. Nhb.1 ‘Fill up [the glass] an' hadsee,’ fill up a sufficient quantity. (15) Sc. (Jam.) (16, a) n.Yks. Ah sall hod teah as lang as Ah live, Sketches Broad Yks. 6; n.Yks.4 Thoo mun ho'd ti what thoo's sed. (b) Ayr. O, he held to the fair, Burns Rattlin', Roarin' Willie, st. 1. (c) Sc. Hald to the door (Jam.). Cai.1 (d) Edb. They've been right sair haden to, And kept their place wi' great ado, Har'st Rig (1794) 25, ed. 1801. (17, a) n.Yks.2 It isn't boun te hod up. w.Yks.2, Not.1 n.Lin.1 Will it hohd up to-daay, I wonder? Th' glass is droppin' fast. Oxf.1 The rain 'ilt up. w.Som.1 I hope t'll hold up zoon, or I can't think whatever we shall do about the wheat sowing. Please God t'll ‘hold up’ gin to-marra night, all our hay'll be up in rick. (b) n.Yks.1 Match'd t'ho'd up; n.Yks.4 Noo deean't gi'e waay, thoo mun ho'd up. Things isn't seea bad, noo ho'd up. e.Yks.1 Chs.1 Hode-up. Said to... a man who is inclined to ‘give in’ to any misfortune. Lin. Aw, lad, I can't houd it up noä moore (M.P.). Oxf. (G.O.) (c) Lan. Th' witches are howdin up their devulment, Brierley Waverlow (1863) 174, ed. 1884. (d) n.Yks. Ah hodded him up (I.W.). (e) n.Yks. He hodded her up wi talk [he kept her in conversation so as to take her attention off something else] (I.W.). (f) nw.Lin. When a woman is not confined so soon as is expected, esp. when her friends have reason to wish the event to be delayed, she is said ‘to hold up well.’ ‘She held up well, I will say that, but they fool'd about so as not to get married till the week afore the bairn was born’ (E.P.). (18) Fif. Wha's yon lassie he's tryin' to haud up to? McLaren Tibbie (1894) 123. (19) Sc. (Jam.) (20, a) Sc. (JAM.) Sh.I. Da mair I toucht ipun hit, da mair I wis inclin'd ta haud wi' Captain Henderson, Clark Gleams (1898) 95. Per. Gley'd Andro Toshack held wi' Pate, Ford Harp (1893) 156. e.Sc. But I dinna hud wi' ye there, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) iii. n.Yks.4 Whya noo, Ah ho'd wi' t'main o' what thoo sez. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Tha knows aw've never howden wi this loom-makkin', David's Loom (1894) v. ne.Lan.1, nw.Der.1 Not.1 Ah don't haud with such goings on. n.Lin.1 It's no ewse talkin' noä moore, I shall niver hoh'd wi' you aboot them theäre things. Oxf.1 MS. add. Suf. I don't hold with that by no manner o' means, e.An. Dy. Times (1892). Sur.1 I don't hold with these new-fashioned ploughs. Sus. Good principles, Sir, good principles ─ I hold wi' them, Egerton Flks. and Ways (1884) 82; (J.W.B.) w.Mid. I don't hold with walloping children (W.P.M.). Wil. Well, wi' yer mother I don't hold, Slow Rhymes (1870) 35. Dor. I doant hold wi' all that there school larnen, Hare Vill. Street (1895) 149. w.Som.1 I do hold wi' letting volks do eens they be a minded to. Dev. You do not hold with the Dissenters, then? (J.W.B.); Vather doant hold wi none o' sich vo'k, Longman's Mag. (Dec. 1896) 158. (b) Abd. Fining both parties, and advising them to ‘haud wi' less drink neist time,’ Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 113. 2. Comb. in horse-calls: (1) Hold back, a ploughman's call to the horses of his team to turn to the left; (2) hold in, keep in the furrow; (3) hold off or hold aff, (a) turn to the right, away from the driver; (b) see (1); (4) hold oot, a call to the near horse when it gets too far from the far horse; (5) hold to the right, see (3, a); (6) hold towards, see (1); (7) hold up, (a) go forwards a little; (b) a command to a horse to lift up its foot for the purpose of shoeing, &c. (1) Sc. (G.W.) (2) Lakel.2, Cum.4, Wm. (B.K.) (3, a) n.Sc. N. & Q. (1856) 2nd S. i. 395. Midl. Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 160. Lakel.2, Cum.4 (b) Sc. (G.W.) (4) Cum.4 (5, 6) w.Mid. (W.P.M.) (7, a) Nhp.1 A waggoner's caution to a horse at starting. w.Mid. (W.P.M.) (b) e.Yks.1, Chs.1 3. Comb. (1) Hold-again, a check, opposition; (2) Hold-dog, a sheep-dog; (3) Hold-dune, a hindrance, interruption to any kind of work; (4) Hold-fash, a trouble, bother; a troublesome person, a ‘plague’; (5) Hold-fast, (a) possession, hold; (b) a stone in a field held fast in the ground and difficult to dig out; (c) part of a plough; (d) an iron hook for supporting a rain-water spout; (e) sure, certain; (f) honourable; (6) Hold-fire, putrid blood [not known to our correspondents]; (7) Hold-on, a thrashing, beating; (8) Hold-over, (a) see below; (b) a temporary licence given to a publican before he obtains a full licence when taking to a public-house; (9) Hold-plaster, plaster of Paris; (10) Hold-poke, a churl, beggar; (11) Hold-pot, one who detains the circling bottle or drinking vessel; (12) Hold-sae, a sufficiency, a due allowance; (13) Hold-stock, a culvert under a road; a small bridge over a stream of water crossing a road; (14) Hold-talk, a chat, gossip, commonplace talk; (15) Hold-to-dea, useless employment; (16) Hold-tyul, (a) see (3); (b) to hold on to, keep fast to; to hamper, hinder; (17) Hold-weel, a miserly person. (1) Abd. (Jam.) (2) Sh.I. When a flock is in sight the Shetlander seizes hold of his had-dog... and points out to him a particular sheep, Hibbert Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 184, ed. 1891. (3) Cum.1 (4) N.Cy.1 Sic a hadfash. Nhb. Had away, bairn, ye'r a fair hadfash. He led me sic a hadfash as aa nivvor did see (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 Cum.1 He's a fair hodfash, for he niver lets yan aleânn. Wm. (B.K.) (5, a) Wm. Hutton Bran New Wark (1785) l. 443. (b) n.Yks. This steean's a hod-fast (I.W.). (c) Bdf. Shar-hook and holdfast, 2s. 6d., Batchelor Agric. (1813) 162. (d) Lakel.2 (e) w.Yks.3 Au'm varry hodfast on it. (f) n.Yks.2 (6) n.Cy. (Hall.) (7) w.Yks. T'company ax'd him if't owd lass had been giin him sum ‘howd-on,’ Hallam Wadsley Jack (1866) xvii. (8, a) War.3 A sheriff's officer or Court bailiff taking possession of property under an execution sometimes withdraws from possession for a stated period on receiving from a responsible person a guarantee that his position shall not be thereby prejudiced, or that if it is the guarantor will be personally responsible for the amount distrained for. ‘Mr. So-and-so has given me a holdover.’ (b) Wor., Glo. Applied for a holdover of the licence, Evesham Jrn. (Apr. 10, 1897). Oxf.1 A paper given to a publican authorizing him to sell beer in the name of the former occupant. (9) Cum.4 Wm. Them ornaments is meead o' ho' plaster (B.K.). (10) Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) (11) Cum.1 (12) Rxb. Ye've gotten your haud-sae (Jam.). (13) e.Yks. He dreamed that he saw a dog coming out of a holestok... This holestok is near to where the body was found, E. Morning News (Aug. 3, 1891) 3, col. 6; e.Yks.1 (14) n.Yks.1 (15) Cum.1 It's fair hod te dea. (16, a) Nhb.1 He's a reg'lar had-tyul; aa wish he'd stop at hyem. (b) Nhb.1 Whe are ye haddin-tyul? Wm.1 (17) Nhb.1 Ane o' Hadweel's kind, Prov. 4. Phr. (1) Hold away from, except, with the exception of; (2) Hold fast, an expression used to warn the man on the top of a wagon of hay or corn that the cart is about to be moved on; (3) Hold the rake, the creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens; (4) Hold thee, see (2); (5) Hold thee by the wall, (a) a kind of thin gruel sweetened with treacle; (b) an expression used when any one sneezes violently; (6) Hold thy tail in water or Hold tail o' watty, a term of encouragement: persevere, stick to it; (7) Hold ye, yer, or you, see (2); (8) to be howt on anything, to have hold of anything; (9) to hold a care, to take care, beware; (10) hold an ear to, to listen, attend; (11) hold a hard cheek, to keep a thing secret; (12) hold the heart in one, to keep in good spirits, cheer up; (13) hold a hough, to assist at a confinement; (14) hold a wark with, to be fond of, familiar with; (15) hold aff oneself, to go ahead, go on; (16) hold foot or feet (with, (a) to keep pace with, to equal; (b) to keep to one's point, to do what is right; (17) hold going, to continue, go on; (18) Hold good with, to agree; (19) hold hard, (a) to stop, wait; (b) to hold fast, keep hold; (c) to pay attention; (20) hold in a cheek of, to help to bury; (21) hold in the mouth, to feed by hand; (22) hold light, to esteem but little; (23) hold mending, to mend slowly, recover; (24) hold on anything to the mast-head, to keep on with, endure to the end; (25) hold one by the wall, to intoxicate; (26) hold one tack, to keep one close to the point; (27) hold one unthought, to keep one from thinking, to hold engrossed; (28) hold one's bit, to retain health, station, or position; (29) hold one's feet, to keep one's feet; to walk straight; (30) hold one's loof, to hold out one's hand; (31) hold one's own, (a) to keep one's health; (b) to persist in the same conduct; (32) hold pace, to slacken one's speed; (33) to hold plough, to plough, drive the plough; (34) hold pross, to have a gossip; (35) hold slack, to relax the pressure or tension of one's grasp; to relax one's attention, wile away time; (36) hold soft, to keep still, control oneself; (37) hold still, to keep still, be quiet; to be at rest; (38) hold strong, of liquor: to be strong, see below; (39) hold talk, see (34); (40) hold the crack, to keep up the conversation; (41) hold the pudden reeking, to ‘keep it up,’ to keep up, continue dancing or merriment; (42) hold thy bother, intoxicating liquor sold on unlicensed premises; (43) hold thy bother shop, the unlicensed premises where intoxicating liquor can be obtained; (44) hold way, to keep pace with others; (45) hold way by, to get out of the way. (1) e.Fif. Her word was a law to a' the women fouk i' the parish; haud awa frae the meenister's wife, an' maybe the Dominie's, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) ii. (2) Yks. (J.W.), nw.Der.1 I.W.1 Used for the horses to move from one cock of corn to the next, as well as to caution the man on the load to be careful and hold on. (3) Cum. In raking up hay in fields where this plant grows the teeth of the rakes are pulled over its creeping and rooting stems with great difficulty (B. & H.); Cum.1 (4) Chs.1, nw.Der.1 (5, a) Lan. Wee'n... had nout for 'live on boh a little howd-te-beh-th'-wooes, mede ov a bit o' mele, aw saut an wetur, like gruel, Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 10, ed. 1801; (S.W.); We'd nothin' to fence eawr cowd bodies 'gen th' cowd But creep-o'ers, an howd-teh-bi-th'-wohs, Brierley Spring Blossoms (ed. 1893) 114. s.Lan. (F.E.T.) (b) w.Yks.2 Heigh up; howd thi by t'wall, lad! (6) Cum. Hod thy tail in the watter, lad, and there's hope for thee yit, Caine Shad. Crime (1885) 215; An anudder cried, Hod tail o' watty, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1840) 2; Cum.1, n.Yks. (I.W.) (7) nw.Der.1, Not. (L.C.M.), s.Not. (J.P.K.) Nhp. Ole jer, N. & Q. (1883) 6th S. vii. 18. Shr.1, Bdf. (J.W.B.), e.An.1 (8) s.Chs.1 We say indifferently, ‘I had howt on it’ or ‘I was howt on it.’ (9) Sc. Haud a care, haud a care, Monkbarns! Scott Antiquary (1816) viii. (10) Per. An old man told me he was going ‘to haud an ear to' the minister of a neighbouring parish next Sunday. I lately heard a man say, ‘Ye sudna haud an ear to gossip’ (G.W.). (11) Ir. Jist a girl we're bringin' off, an' to hould a hard cheek about it, Carleton Fardorougha (1836) 246. (12) Abd. Jist haud the hert in her till I come back, MacDonald D. Elginbrod (1863) I. 191. (13) Abd. She could,.. gin wives were to cry [in travail], Haud a hough on occasions, Anderson Rhymes (1867) 32. (14) Abd. When we were at the schule Willie held a wark wi' me, Shelley Flowers (1868) 267. (15) Ayr. Ay! ay! doctor, noo ca' awa and haud aff ye, Service Notandums (1890) 3. Lnk. Weel, then, jist ca' awa' an' haud aff ye! Gordon Pyotshaw (1885) 128. (16, a) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Cum.1 I can hod fit wi' that chap. Wm. Ah's flait ah's nivver hod feut wi yon lad (B.K.). (b) n.Yks.2 (17) Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 (18) w.Wor. I holds good ooth that, and approves o' it too, S. Beauchamp Grantley Grange (1874) I. 205. (19, a) Lakel.2 Hod hard, Thomas, mi fuit's gitten hankled i' t'car riap. It's a good thing i' life ta know when ta hod-hard a bit and liuk aroond. Yks. (J.W.), Chs.1 w.Mid. Hold hard there! Don't run over me. Let's hold hard a bit, till we see which way it's coming (W.P.M.). Ken. (D.W.L.) Colloq. ‘No; hold hard a bit, Joe,’ he said imperatively, Black Three Feathers, xxii. (b) Brks.1 There is a game commonly played about Christmas time where a number hold a piece of a handkerchief. One then moves his hand round the handkerchief, saying, ‘Here we go round by the rule of Contrairy. When I say" hawld hard," let go, and when I say "let go," hawld hard.’ (c) Ken. (D.W.L.) (20) Lnk. When they brought out the corps John told the people they were welcome, to haud in a cheek o' his auld mither wast the gate, Graham Writings (1883) II. 40. (21) Sh.I. If dey're [lambs] no haden i' da mooth o', dey'll hae a' da less shance, Sh. News (Dec. 4, 1897). (22) Ayr. If he hasna siller an' gude claes, he is held light amang the lasses, Hunter Studies (1870) 19. (23) Lei. She holds mending, but nows and thens she hurls up, N. & Q. (1858) 2nd S. vi. 186. (24) Abd. He'll haud on the manure to the mastheid fat ever it may cost, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) xi. Per. (G.W.) (25) Stf. Monthly Mag. (1816) I. 494. (26) e.An.1 (27) Sc. To haud him unthought lang, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 94. (28) Cum.1 ‘Hoo's Peggy?’ ‘Nobbet waekly and pinch't to hod her bit.’ (29) Abd. A drunken jeet, Unable amaist to haud his feet, Reelin' frae side to side o' the street, Anderson Poems (1826) 71. (30) N.I.1 An expression used in bargaining at markets. (31, a) Lei.1 Bdf. ‘I hold my own,’ was the reply of a woman who wished to say that she was as she had been ─ neither better, nor worse. It was declared of a child that he would grow up as stout as his elder brother, ‘if he held his own’ (J.W.B.). (b) e.An.1 (32) n.Yks.2 (33) Oxf. Wanted at once, a strong boy to hold plough, Oxf. Times (Mar. 14, 1896). (34) ne.Yks.1 (35) n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 ‘Hod slack,’ slacken the rope you have hold of. m.Yks.1 (36) Lin.1 Sometimes she couldn't hō'd her soft When we got up ta bed, 230. (37) Sc. (Jam.) Lth. Haud still thy tongue, Smith Merry Bridal (1866) 65. Nhb. Had still (R.O.H.). w.Yks. Hod t'still er ah'll gie the' a twanck, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 30. (38) Suf. ‘It don't hold strong enough,’ an excuse for not drinking, meaning ‘I can't afford it’ (R.E.L.). (39) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2; n.Yks.4 Sha'll ho'd talk wi' onnybody; aye, sha's a champion at ho'ding talk. ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 Ah like tĭ hod talk wĭ Bessy a bit, sha knaws all news ĭ toon, MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.1 (40) Lnk. They'd come stappin' yont that nicht, An' haud the crack till mornin' licht, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 8. (41) e.Fif. As for the lads an' lassies they ‘held the pudden reekin' till four o'clock the followin' mornin’, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) xxix. (42, 43) s.Lan. Very common (F.E.T.). (44) n.Yks.2 (45) Cum.1 5. To keep, maintain; to look after, preserve. Sc. Foulks hae need o' a wee puckle sense, juist to haud the world gangin' straucht, Keith Prue (1895) 274. Sh.I. Ye hae nae wife at hame ta haud you oot o' langer wi'. Stewart Tales (1892) 4. nw.Abd. Fae green bogs haud free, Goodwife (1867) st. 51. Per. Haud him on the richt road, Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) 96. Lnk. Blythely roun' the board that nicht, I held the story passing licht, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 26. 6. To nurse. n.Yks.2 7. To hold the plough, direct, guide the plough. w.Yks. ‘Ah can't boath hod and drive,’ i.e. hold the plough and drive the cattle, Banks Wkfld. Wds. (1865). 8. To uphold. Sc. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) 9. Of vessels: to be sound, not to leak. w.Som.1 Thick there cask 'ont hold, tidn no good to put it in he. The wall o' the leat don't hold, the water's all hurnin away. 10. To occupy, give employment to; to keep busy, engage. Ayr. Hughoe, the great bluiter, hauds her wi' his clavers, Service Notandums (1890) 3. Slk. Nae doubt, she's hadden busy, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 94. Dmf. Gousty winter... Is hadden thrang a manufacturing storms, Johnstone Poems (1829) 113. n.Yks.1 A job at'll hold him mair an yah year, or tweea owther; n.Yks.4 T'job at t'church 'll ho'd him foor lang eneeaf. Lan. But I have moneys to get in and pay which holds me in employ at present, Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 67. 11. To oppress, burden; to afflict with trouble or illness; to suppress, tread down; gen. in pass. and with down; also in phr. to be hadden and dung. Sc. My lassie's... haddin an' dung, daresna speak to them that I'm sure she anes liket, Campbell (1819) I. 334 (Jam.); An auld and honourable name, for as sair as it has been worried and hadden down and oppressed, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xxvi. Cai.1 Ayr. Would they be hauden doon by kings or governments? Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 41. e.Lth. He tell't us we had been lang eneuch hadden an' dung, livin on doug's wages, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 88. Edb. Wae-worn fock dung doil'd, an' haddin down, Learmont Poems (1791) 195. Rxb. She's been sairly hauden doon in mony ways, Murray Hawick Sngs. (1892) 30. Nhb. He's sair hadden a fash (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 Dur.1 Thou was hauden just like me. Cum.4 Said of ground trodden down by walking. ‘Ah was hard hodden ta keep mi tongue atween mi teeth, an' keep frae tellin mi mind,’ Pen. Obs. ‘Thoo's maist as sair hodden as moother,’ Rise of River, 281. n.Yks.4 He's laam'd foor leyfe; 't'll ho'd him ti t'end ov his daays. Hence (1) Hodden or Hadden-doon, ppl. adj. oppressed, troubled; kept under, suppressed, downtrodden; (2) Hodden-up, ppl. adj. frail. (1) Sc. He's a peer hauden-doon man b' that vyaag o' a wife o' his (W.G.). ne.Sc. We're a lot o' poor folk, sair hadden doon wi' big families, bad seasons, and sma’ prices for oor fish, Gordonhaven (1887) 119. Abd. A gweed aneuch servan', but sair haud'n doon naitrally, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 229. w.Yks. They came fro men hard hodden, Snowden Web of Weaver (1896) 9. Hnt. (T.P.F.) (2) m.Yks.1 12. To restrain, hold in check; to prevent, detain; to govern. Sc. But cold they not have holden me when I was in all that wrath, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 15; The wizard made sic a terrible wark to haud fowk frae meddlin, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) vii. Slg. Discharged of my ministry, holden from my family, Bruce Sermons (1631) 94, ed. 1843. w.Yks. Such folks are fitter to hang than to hold, Prov. in Brighouse News (July 23, 1887). I.Ma. Aw, they would' be hoult, Brown Doctor (1887) 138, ed. 1891. Hence phr. (1) to be neither to hold nor to bind, to neither hold nor bind, to be ungovernable, unmanageable, to be beyond control; see Bind, v. 5; (2) to hold one's bother, (3) hold din, (4) hold gab or hold gob, to be quiet, keep silent; gen. used in imper.; (5) hold hand, to stop, desist, stay; (6) hold jaw, (7) hold noise, (8) hold whisht, husht, or hush, see (4). (1) Sc. Neither to haud nor to bind, Scott Rob Roy (1817) xiv. Sh.I. He wis nedder ta had nor binnd, bit wis aff ower da hill laek a shot, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 65. ne.Sc. When the gudeman wis tel't, he wis naither to haud nor bin' wi' anger, Grant Keckleton, 147. Cai.1 Abd. When this he heard he wadna ha'd nor bin', Shirrefs Poems (1790) 73. Frf. The curlers were neither to haud nor bin' wi' joy, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 73, ed. 1889. Dmb. Mr. Bacon will miss his mark, and he'll be neither to haud nor bin', Cross Disruption (1844) xxvi. Ayr. Whan the luckies they fannd out the trick, They were neither to haud nor bin', Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 244. Edb. Our laird wad neither haud nor bind, McDowall Poems (1839) 130. n.Ir. He's nether tae haud nor tae bin' aboot, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan, 74. Nhb. He wis nowther ti had nor to bin' (R.O.H.). (2) Qco. Barrington Sketches (1830) III. vi. Cum. O Jack, hod thy bodder! I can't sleep a wink, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1840) 64; Cum.1 (3) Yks. Cannot ye hod yer din? Taylor Miss Miles (1890) i. w.Yks. When they'd houden their din, Pogmoor Olm. (1869) 24; w.Yks.3 Hod thi din, wilt ta? w.Yks.5 Lan. Hamerton Wenderholme (1869) v. Der.2 (4) Edb. Wha kens na whan to haud his gab, Or whan to speak, McDowall Poems (1839) 35. Nhb. An' thurs nivver a one o' them offers to speak, For it tells them to had aw thur gobs, man, Bagnall Sngs. (c. 1850) 10; Nhb.1 (5) Bch. I wonder how they held there [sic] hands, They girnt at me sae sair, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 21. Abd. When hunger now was slak'd a little wee... she hads her hand, Ross Helenore (1768) 30, ed. 1812. N.I.1 n.Cy. Grose (1790). Nhb. Had yor hand Keelmin's Ann. (1869) 32. e.Dur.1 An expression to be heard every day in playing games. Yks. (J.W.), Chs.1 (6) Abd. Haud yer jaw, min, Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) iii. Nhb. Just haud yer jaw, an' sit doon on that steul, Bagnall Sngs. (c. 1850) 23; Hout, hinny, had thy blabbin' jaw, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 12. Cum.4 n.Yks. Hod the jaw, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 68. w.Yks. (J.W.) Der.2 (s.v. Jaw). Cor. For genteel talking, thee must knaw, Waent do for thee, so hould thy jaw, Tregellas Farmer Brown (1857) 7. (7) ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. Hod thee noise an' bundle oot, Wray Nestleton (1876) 69; e.Yks.1 Hod thi noise. w.Yks. ‘Hod thi noise!’ cries a voice, hez'nt ta seld enew! Bradford Life, 5. Not.2 Lin. Ho'd yer noise, bairns, can't ye, Gilbert Rugge (1866) I. 35. (8) Sc. ‘Haud your whist!’ said Jean, Roy Horseman's Wd. (1895) xx. N.I.1 Nhb. Thou'd best had thy whisht about warik, N. Minstrel (1806-1807) pt. iv. 76; (R.O.H.) Cum.4 Oh! haud yer whisht! Haud yer whisht, Geordie! Pearl in a Shell, 107. w.Yks. Hod thy wist, the' tiresome brat (W.F.). Lan. He couldn't booath sup and tawk, so he howded his husht, Staton Loominary (c. 1861) 100; ‘So howd thi hush,’ aw sez, 'an behave thysel dacent,’ Widder Bagshaw's Trip (c. 1860) 7. Chs.3 Howd yer hush. 13. To arrest. Ant. (W.H.P.) See Hold, sb. 6. 14. To withhold, refuse to give; to retain. Kcd. O Fortune... haud or gie whate'er ye will Sin' ye hae gi'en me Lizzie, Grant Lays (1884) 180. n.Yks.1 T'au'd roan coo ho'ds her milk. We'll hev to quit 'r. w.Yks.1 T'cow hods her milk. ne.Lan.1 The cow hods her milk. 15. To snatch. n.Cy. (Hall.) [Not known to our correspondents.] 16. To consider, have as an opinion, maintain, to think; to agree. Rnf. It holds that Mr. Kennedy... came from Spain to the rebels and encouraged them, Wodrow Corresp. (1843) II. 446. n.Yks.4 Ah ho'd 'at he's i' t'wrang. Bdf. (J.W.B.), Suf. (F.A.A.), (H.H.) 17. To owe, be indebted to; used only in pret. w.Yks. I knew how much I held him, N. & Q. (1884) 6th S. x. 386; He said that he held everything to his mother (S.O.A.); ‘He held me twenty pound.’ Peculiar to Sheffield, Sheffield Indep. (1874); w.Yks.2 18. To wager, bet. Sc. ‘What will you hold, master, but I'll steal that calf from the butcher before he goes two miles off?’ ‘Why,.. I'll hold a guinea you don't,’ Graham Writings (1883) II. 77; I'll haud ye the gill on the table that there's no a word about the Patterraw in a' Paul's history, Dickson Auld Precentor (1894) 101. Lnk. I'll haud ye a saxpence ye'll lauch on the wrang side o' yer mooth before ye're dune wi' this job, Murdoch Readings (ed. 1895) II. 48. Ir. I'll howld ye a quart, Paddiana (ed. 1848) 18. n.Ir. A'll haud ye it's yin o' them new sort o' preechin' buddys that's gaun aboot the country, Lyttle Ballycuddy (1892) ii. Cum. Now I'll hod t'ee a bit of a weager, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 15. n.Yks.1 Ah's ho'd thee a crown on't. Chs.1; Chs.3 I'll hold thee sixpence. 19. To accept as a bargain, to ratify an engagement, esp. in pp. or in phr. hadds you. Abd. A pair of kissing-strings and gloves fire new... shall be your due. Says Betty, Hadds you, Ross Helenore (1768) 34, ed. 1812; Betty might have said ‘hadden’: in such way boys complete a bargain or ratify an engagement (G.W.). Rnf. Clooty leuch an' shook his head, An' says, ‘My lad, I'll haud ye,’ Clark Rhymes (1842) 32. Lnk. I'll mak ye a propine... a tartan plaid... Weel, hald ye there, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 371. 20. To preserve for stock. See Holding, 11. Sc. (Jam.) m.Yks.1 Of a calf ─ to hod which, is to rear it for milking. Hence Hodden-ewe, sb. a ewe kept for stock and not for slaughter. w.Yks.1 21. Of animals: to conceive, be with young. n.Yks.1 ‘She's been te t'bull, bud Ah quesshun ef she ho'ds.’ Sometimes, ‘ho'ds t'bull.’ n.Lin.1 If she [a mare] hohds we can't work her next spring. nw.Dev.1 22. Of seeds: to keep to the ground; to come up, shoot. Sc. Most of these planted under the second turf have held, and made good shoots, Maxwell Sel. Trans. (1743) 101 (Jam.). 23. To contest or resist strongly, to be a match for. Also in phr. to hold one a good one. n.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 24. In pass.: to be inclined to, to favour. n.Yks.4 Ah war gretly held i' t'seeam waay. 25. To go on one's way, to proceed; of things: to go on, take place; to turn out. Sc. Ye should hae hadden eassel to Kippletringan, Scott Guy M. (1815) i; Ho thy way, my bonny bairn, Ho thy way upon my airm, Ho thy way, thou still may learn To say dada sae bonny, N. & Q. (1881) 8th S. iv. 29. Sh.I. Haddin' fur wir 'oos, Burgess Sketches (2nd ed.) 107. Bnff. One man told him to ‘gang east a bit, then turn south, syne haud wast,’ Smiles Natur. (1879) iv. Abd. He and I sall hae a horn, Gin ilka thing had right, Beattie Parings (1801) 36, ed. 1873. Ayr. She held o'er the moors to spin, Burns There was a Lass, st. 1. Edb. Near Edinbrough a fair there hads, Fergusson Poems (1773) 131, ed. 1785. Wm. Heel git it hot... if he dusn't... git ta kna fer hissel hoo things is hodden, Kendal Cy. News (Oct. 22, 1888). m.Yks.1 Thou must hod on the lane, till thou comes to the old wooden bridge. 26. To fare, progress, to be (as regards health); to retain one's state of health. Also used reflex. and in pass. Fif. How hauds your health? Douglas Poems (1806) 88. Lnk. An' hoo are ye haudin yersel, Peggy? Murdoch Readings (ed. 1895) III. 9. Cum. T'doctor com' an' examin't him ower, an' enquir't hoo he was hodden, Richardson Talk (1871) 2nd S. 74, ed. 1876; Cum.1 Wm. A went tull her fadther an a telt him hoo a wes hodden et heeam, Spec. Dial. (1877) pt. i. 28. Yks. (J.W.) Rut. ‘How do you hold?’ implying that the inquirer hopes you are quite well, though he feels some little anxiety about the state of your health (P.G.D.); Rut.1 How do you hold yourself, mister? Lei.1 A'll git to wook agin, if a 'oo'd's better. Nhp.1 ‘How d'ye hold?’ A common mode, amongst old people, of inquiring after each other's health; Nhp.2 Nrf. ‘How is your husband?’ ‘Well, sir, I am sorry to say he hald werry sadly’ (W.R.E.). Suf. With regard to condition of health, denotes an unchanged state. ‘Thank ye, sir, I hould right purely,’ Raven Hist. Suf. (1895) 264. Hence how are you hadden till'd? phr. how are you? Cai.1 27. To continue, last, esp. of the weather. Frf. The ice never held again that winter, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 77, ed. 1889. e.Sc. It'll no howd muckle langer, Setoun R. Urquhart (1896) xii. n.Yks.1 Better weather now; but Ah quesshun an it'll ho'd fair while neeght; n.Yks.4 If t'daay ho'ds fair wa s'all git wer hay. ne.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 If th' raain hohds like this I shall not goä to Brigg. Lei.1 Way shall git the corn if it hoolds foine. s.Pem. Esp. of rain, Laws Little Eng. (1888) 420. Oxf.1 I hope t'ull hold fine, MS. add. Suf. ‘That hood dry, Jim?’ ‘That that du, Tom bor!’ ['It keeps dry, Jim!’ ‘Yes it does, Tom, bor!'] Fison Merry Suf. (1899) 33. 28. To stay, remain, keep. Sc. Better haud with the hound than rin with the hare, Ramsay Prov. (1737). Ayr. Gif ye'd keep dry, in back or wame, Hap ye weel, or haud at hame, Ainslie Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 13. Slk. Haud out o' my gate, auld wife, Hogg Tales (1838) 351, ed. 1866. m.Yks.1 Hod here a bit. 29. To restrain oneself, refrain from; to cease, stop; gen. used in imper. as an int. Sc. Enough of this, therefore I'll had Lest all the Poland dogs go mad, Cleland Poems (1697) 112 (Jam.). Abd. Winna ye haud Ye're surely mad! MacDonald Sir Gibbie (1879) lxii. Nhb.1 w.Yks. I could not hold from stroking her hair, Snowden Web of Weaver (1896) xviii; T'doctor... laft as hard as he cud bide, He cuddant hod, T. Toddles' Alm. (1875) 2; w.Yks.1 I cudn't hod fray laughin, ii. 288. Lan. Houd; what mak ov a nick dun yo meon? Waugh Tim Bobbin (1858) iii. Nhp.1 Sur.1 At a country cricket match an incautious batsman, on attempting a run, will be met by a chorus of ‘Holt! Holt!’ from the bystanders. Sus.1 Sus.2, Hmp.1 Wil. Slow Gl. (1890); Britton Beauties (1825). w.Som.1 Always used by a man to his mate or mates working with him, when he desires to stop. Among sawyers, blacksmiths, and handicrafts, where two or more men have to work in concert, the expression is invariable. It is never used in speaking to horses or cattle. nw.Dev.1 Hence (1) Hodsta, Hod-ta, Hod-to, or Holter, int. (a) stop, wait; (b) come back; (2) hold ye there, phr. stop, that will do; (3) holt-a-blow, phr. give over fighting. (1, a) m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 Hodto a bit, hodto a bit. I'll tell the au enow, ii. 301. ne.Lan.1 (b) Brks.1 (2) s.Sc. ‘Haud ye there, cummer,’ interrupted Mrs. Cruickshanks, not a little piqued at the air of incredulity assumed by her visitor, Wilson Tales (1836) II.

1. (3) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).
2. To take care, beware. ne.Lan.1, nw.Der.1
3. Of fish: to get under stones for shelter, to lurk, hide under rocks. Abd. He knew every stone for miles along the river where the salmon were likely to ‘haul,’ Deeside Tales (1872) 213. Dmf. The trout has haul't under that stone (Jam.).

HOLD, sb. Cum. Yks. 1. In phr. to give one some hold, to scold severely. n.Yks. (I.W.), w.Yks. (J.W.) 2. The lurking-place of salmon in a stream. Cum. Nearly every house... had a salmon hold in the river. This was a space in the edge of the river, about four feet in

diameter, W. Cum. Times (Nov. 17, 1900) 6.

HOLD, v. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lin. Shr. Sus. Som. Also in forms had Nhb.1; haud Sc.; hod Yks.; oud Shr.1

1. In comp. Hold-again, a warning, check, sudden pull-up. Fif. Providence is apt to send you a check or a warning— what Marget calls ‘a haud-again,’ which I may translate into ‘a pulling-up short,’ Heddle Marget (1899) 143.
2. Phr. (1) to hold a fash, to give one trouble; (2) hold a tyul, to cause worry or annoyance; (3) hold on, to stop, cease working; to pause; (4) hold on with, of a horse: to keep the chains of a cart, &c., taut, while standing still, as opposed to ‘holding back’; (5) hold one ohn kent, to keep secret from, to conceal from; (6) hold one's feet, to keep from falling, stand upright; (7) hold out of one's gait, to keep out of one's way; (8) hold out over from, to keep away from, have nothing to do with; (9) hold the kail hot, fig. to encourage, cheer; (10) hold to, to pay attention to; (11) hold up, to keep sheep or cattle herded together; (12) hold thee but! stay a moment! (13) hold thy wisht! be silent, hold your tongue! (14) how do you hold your head? how are you in health? See Hold, v. 26. (1, 2) Nhb.1 (s.v. Tyul). (3) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) Shr.1 Oud on, Surrey, till I come up (s.v. On). w.Som.1 (s.v. On). (4) n.Yks. (I.W.) (5) Abd. To haud her ohn kent 'at she had tint the grup o' 't, Macdonald R. Falconer (1868) 112. (6) n.Yks. (I.W.) (7) Abd. Macdonald R. Falconer (1868) 16. (8) Abd. Haud oot ower frae the kissin', Macdonald R. Falconer 132. (9) Bwk. We'd loup owre ditch or yett While words o' cheer the laggards hear, To haud the kail het, Calder Poems (1897) 240. (10) n.Yks.4 He awlus haffles on that mich, whahl neeabody ho'ds ti owt he sez, 390. (11) se.Lin. (J.T.B.) (12) m.Yks.1 Introd. 59. (13) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) (14) Sus. (S.P.H.)