h. holt

noun

Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.

a town in central Michigan.

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holt¹ (həʊlt)

—n
	archaic, poetic or a wood or wooded hill

[Old English holt; related to Old Norse holt, Old High German holz, Old Slavonic kladũ log, Greek klados twig]

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holt² (həʊlt)

—n
	the burrowed lair of an animal, esp an otter

[C16: a phonetic variant of hold²]

Holt (həʊlt)

—n
	Harold Edward. 1908--67, Australian statesman; prime minister (1966--67); believed drowned

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Word Origin & History

holt

O.E. holt "woods," common in place names, from P.Gmc. *khulto- (cf. O.Fris., M.Du. holt, Ger. Holz "wood"), from PIE *kldo- (cf. O.C.S. klada "beam, timber," Gk. klados "twig," O.Ir. caill "wood").

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"Here is the mistake of the cut-and-dried man of culture. He goes about with the secret of having learned to appreciate the "grand style." He has lived in Homer till he can recall the roll of that many-sounding sea. He has pored over the lofty and pictorial thought of Plato till he begins to pique himself upon its grandeur. His fancy has been fed on the quaint old-world genius of Herodotus, his judgment on the melancholy wisdom of Tacitus and the complacent cynicism of Gibbon—and of all this he is conscious and proud."

-Richard Holt Hutton

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