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Definition of Holts
1. holt [n] - See also: holt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holts
Literary usage of Holts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England as Seen by an American Banker: Notes of a Pedestrian Tour by Claudius Buchanan Patten (1885)
"I saw little islands in the Thames devoted to the culture of the osier. Osier holts
is the name given in England to the osier plots. These osier holts are ..."
2. A Manual of Marine Engineering: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and by Albert Edward Seaton (1886)
"holts' Boiler.—An ingenious form of double-ended boiler, used by Mr. Alfred holts,
consists of two oval end parts united by a cylindrical part whose axis ..."
3. The Naval Chronicle by Stephen Jones, James Stanier Clarke (1799)
"... aud port holts of the ships, and immediately concealed by the pretended
watermen, who, if pursued by the Trinity or other officer^, generally sink the ..."
4. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on Planting and Tending of Forest Trees by James Brown (1894)
"Formation and Tending of Osier-holts.1—In most countries in Europe the Osier or
Willow is much cultivated for the purpose of basket and crate-making, ..."
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