Hypertext Webster Gateway: "holt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Holt \Holt\,
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Holt \Holt\, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG. holt, D. hout, G. holz.
Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. ? branch, shoot.]
1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. ``Every
holt and heath.'' --Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt Before her,
and the park. --Tennyson.
2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish;
also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. `` The fox has
gone to holt.'' --C. Kingsley.
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