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n. Archaic A wood or grove; a copse.

n. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.

n. The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.

3d pers. sing. pres. of hold, contr. from holdeth.

n. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.

n. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.

n. A wood or woodland; a grove; an orchard.

n. A hole; a burrow; specifically, a deep hole in a river for the protection of fish.

n. A dialectal variant of hold.

n. A contracted form of holdeth, third person singular present indicative of hold.

"Chaucer -- for he knew that "smalè foulès" shelter in the "hethe" as well as in the "holt" -- among broom and bracken, and heath and rushes."

hold   

Bolt    Colt    bolt    colt    jolt    molt    nolt    revolt    volt   

northe    meadow-land    Bor.    rych    cace    keer    t'other    harebell    haile    tork