The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . «r.] : as, hoar frost (see hoar-frost); hoarcliffs. And the wanii breathings of the southwest passedOver the tioar rime of the Saugus hills. Whitti^r, Bridal of Pennacook, v. 2. Gray, as with age ; hoary : as, hoar locks. Thanne mette I with a man, a Mydlenten Sondaye,As tiore as an hawethorue, and Abraham he hijte. Piers Plowman (B), xvi. toke the heed all white hoor in the foreste of Dar-mauntes, where he mette hym in gise of a palmer. Merlin
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . «r.] : as, hoar frost (see hoar-frost); hoarcliffs. And the wanii breathings of the southwest passedOver the tioar rime of the Saugus hills. Whitti^r, Bridal of Pennacook, v. 2. Gray, as with age ; hoary : as, hoar locks. Thanne mette I with a man, a Mydlenten Sondaye,As tiore as an hawethorue, and Abraham he hijte. Piers Plowman (B), xvi. toke the heed all white hoor in the foreste of Dar-mauntes, where he mette hym in gise of a palmer. Merlin (E. S.), iii. trembles on its arid stalkThe hoar plume of the golden-rod. Whittier, Last Walk in Autumn. Hence—3. Old; ancient; antique. At Iciigth she found the tl-oden gras,In which the tract of peoples footing the steepe foot of a mountaine hore. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 10. These hoar relics Iflint implementsl of long-vanished generations of men. Huxley, Lay .Sermons, p. 193. 4t. Moldy; musty. A hare, sir, in a leuten pie, that is something stale andlioar ere it be spent. Shak., R. and J., ii. 4,. Hoactzin lOfiisthocotntts cristatus). hoar hoar (hor), «. [< hoar, «.] Hoariness; an-tiquity. [Rare.] His grants are enKrafted on the publick law of Europe,covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Iturkf. hoar (lior), !. [i, not found, < , become hoar or giay, < hdr, hoar: seehoar, a.] intrans. 1. To become white orboar.— 2. To become moldy or musty. But a hare that is hoarIs too much for a score,When it hoars ere it be spent. Shak., R. and J., ii. 4, H. trans. To make white or Iioary. [Kara.] On th one side, Hils hoard with eternall SnowesAnd craggy Rocks Baigneres doe inclose. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartass Weeks, i. 3. hoardl (hord), «. [< ME. honl < AS. hord = = OHG. MHG. hort, G. (revived) hurt =Icel. hodd, hoddr = Goth. //«-(/, a treasure;prob. akin to L. citstnn, a guard, keep, custodia,guard, watch
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