Pailful: alternatives and connections

Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…

The quantity an apron can hold.

The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

A tin dinner pail.

To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load;…

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

A small wooden vessel; a pail.

A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current prod…

protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…

A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in t…

A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or h…

protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand…