To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To seize goods for official purposes.
To put under custody.
To keep back or from; to withhold.
To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.