3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. holt; akin to LG. holt, D. hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. &unr_; branch, shoot. ]
She sent her voice though all the holt
Before her, and the park. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]