Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at withold.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Withold.

Examples

  • Withold some of the more than $3 billion we give to Israel every year?

    WaPo: US pressure to freeze settlements “complicated” by Bush “secret agreement” | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Withold the military portion of your taxes and give it to the poor.

    Think Progress » Bushonomics 2005

  • To-night they sleep in the convent of Saint Wittol, or Withold, or whatever they call that churl of a Saxon Saint at Burton-on-Trent.

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • In the protracted and disastrous conflict between the Teutonic Order of Knights and Prussia on the one side and King Wladislaw of Poland and Duke Withold of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Saxon's motions --- To-night they sleep in the convent of Saint Wittol, or Withold, or whatever they call that churl of a Saxon Saint at Burton-on-Trent.

    Ivanhoe 1892

  • ` ` The curse of St Withold upon them and upon me! '' said Gurth; ` ` if the two-legged wolf snap not up some of them ere nightfall,

    Ivanhoe 1892

  • "Bide thou here," quoth Robin to the Tinker, "while I go and see that mine host draweth ale from the right butt, for he hath good October, I know, and that brewed by Withold of Tamworth."

    The Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle 1882

  • "Now by the lusty yew bow of good Saint Withold," cried the stranger,

    The Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle 1882

  • "I am indeed bound to vengeance," murmured Cedric; "Saint Withold knows my heart."

    Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

  • I have sure spies on the Saxon's motions -- - To-night they sleep in the convent of Saint Wittol, or Withold, or whatever they call that churl of a Saxon Saint at Burton-on-Trent.

    Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.