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holt

  [hohlt]
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–noun Archaic.
1. a wood or grove.
2. a wooded hill.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME holte, OE holt; c. D hout, ON holt, G Holz wood; akin to Gk kládos twig (see clado- ), OIr caill wood

Holt

  [hohlt]
–noun
1. Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.
2. a town in central Michigan. 10,097.
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holt   (hōlt)   
n.   Archaic
A wood or grove; a copse.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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