[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hold" (OED, n1 5.b.)

[Shapiro, Fred]

hold n1 5.b. (OED 1961)

1957 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 8 in A Dictionary of the Space Age 96  We started the count during the night, as you know, and the count-down ran smoothly.  There were only a few "holds" (delays).

Fred Shapiro

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