p. a. [ Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold. ] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. [ 1913 Webster ]

But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who beholds; a spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A person who holds a bill or acceptance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A device by means of which bills, etc., are held. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a blindfold placed over the eyes; -- done to prevent the wearer from seeing.
Syn. -- blindfold. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boldened ] To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prompter at a theater. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A headborough; a borsholder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS. borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and Elder, a. ] (Eng. Law) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states. The London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (print.) (a) A device for holding copy for a compositor. (b) One who reads copy to a proof reader. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emboldened p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening ] To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who emboldens. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render cold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made compact by bending or doubling over. [ Narrower terms: accordion, plicate ; bifold ; closed ; doubled ; pleated ; rolled, rolled-up(prenominal) ; sunburst, sunray . ] Also See: collapsible, collapsable. Antonym: unfolded [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nonsense; foolish talk. [ Also spelled falderal and falderol. ] [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- humbug; balderdash; poppycock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) The possessor of a freehold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who owns local property and has been a resident for a certain period of years; -- used in some U.S. counties. [ U.S., local ] [ PJC ]

3. (Politics, U.S) A member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of some county, such a board being a form of legislative and administrive body which controls the government in some counties in the United States. [ U.S., local ] [ PJC ]

a. One who has money invested in the public funds. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver age, bronze age, and iron age. Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, Cæsar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. --
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. --
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict. --
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. --
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Orontium aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. --
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup. --
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle (Aquila Chrysaëtos) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle. --
Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. --
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [ Slang ] --
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea. --
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. --
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the “Aurea Legenda”) written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. --
Golden marcasite tin. [ Obs. ] --
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. [ 1913 Webster ] Angels guard him in the golden mean. Pope. --
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochloridæ, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. --
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. --
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole. --
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant. --
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. --
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European (Charadrius apricarius, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover, and whistling plover. The common American species (Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. --
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. --
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. --
Golden rule. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. --
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant (Inula crithmoides), found on the seashore of Europe. --
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring. --
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. --
Golden sulphide of antimony, or
Golden sulphuret of antimony (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. --
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler (Dendroica æstiva); -- called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird. --
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididæ. The colors are golden, blue, and green. --
Golden wedding. See under Wedding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant of the genus Haplopappus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, growing in Western North America. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing small yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. [ 1913 Webster ]

Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A perennial herb of Northeastern U. S. (Hydrastis Canadensis) having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves.
Syn. -- golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root, Hydrastis Canadensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ ca. 2000 ] 1. A fictional object shaped like a small golden sphere with wings, described in the series of “Harry Potter” novels by J.K. Rowling. It is used in a fictional game called Quidditch, in which wizards on broomsticks fly through the air and, among other things, try to catch the golden snitch, which flies quickly and erratically, and is therefore difficult to catch. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: [ metaphorically ] Some object that is difficult to catch, or a goal that is difficult to achieve. [ PJC ]

. California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. (Bot.) An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, holds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Holder is much used as the second part of a compound; as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. See hold forth (b) under hold. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound householder. See Compound, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Embolden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who keeps an inn.
Syn. -- innkeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing, n. & a. [1913 Webster]

n. A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n. [1913 Webster]

a. Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Moldered r Mouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Moldering or Mouldering. ] [ From Mold fine soft earth: cf. Prov. G. multern. ] To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moldering of earth in frosts and sun. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

When statues molder, and when arches fall. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he had sat still, the enemy's army would have moldered to nothing. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Time's ] gradual touch
Has moldered into beauty many a tower. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Contr. fr. ne wolde. ] Would not. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Old; ancient; as, the olden time. “A minstrel of the olden stamp.” J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow old; to age. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She had oldened in that time. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A handle for a pen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. ] A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments. [ Holland & Belgium ] [ 1913 Webster ]