Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . und of expectation;tiling which is hopedfor; anticipation; trust;belief; confidence.— v. i. [hoped (hopt), HOPING.] To entertain nope, placeconfidence. — v. t. Todesire with expectation. — Hopeful,-ful,a. Fullof hope; having qualitieswhich excite hope ;promising.—Hopefully,adv.— Hopefulness, n. — Hopeless, a. Destitute of hope; despairing; giVing no ground of hope; desperate; unhoped for; un-exp
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . und of expectation;tiling which is hopedfor; anticipation; trust;belief; confidence.— v. i. [hoped (hopt), HOPING.] To entertain nope, placeconfidence. — v. t. Todesire with expectation. — Hopeful,-ful,a. Fullof hope; having qualitieswhich excite hope ;promising.—Hopefully,adv.— Hopefulness, n. — Hopeless, a. Destitute of hope; despairing; giVing no ground of hope; desperate; unhoped for; un-expected. —Hopelessly, aclv.—HopelessneBS, n. Horal, Horary. See under Houk. Horde, hord, n. A wandering troop or gang; esp. aclan or tribe of a nomadic people possessing no fixedhabitations. Horehound. See Hoakhound, under Hoar. Horizon, ho-rizun, n. The apparent junction of theearth and sky. (A-itron.) A plane passing throughthe eye of the spectator and at right angles to thevertical at a given place,—called the seiwible hori-zon ; a plane parallel to the sensible horizon of aplace, and passing through the earths center, —ealled the rational or celestial horizon. — Hortzon-. Hop. tal, a. Pert, to, near, or parallel to, etc.; on a level;measured or contained in a plane of the horizon. —Horizontally, oAv. Horn, h5rn, n. A hard, projecting, and usually curvedand pointed organ, growing from the heads of cer-tain animals; something made of, or like a horn, as,a wind instrument of music; or, a drinking-cup; or,a utensil for holding powders something resemblinga horn in position or projection; the tough fibrousmaterial of which horns are composed. (Script.}A symbol of strength, power, exaltation. An em-blem of a cuckold, — chiefly in pi.—v. t. [horned(hornd), horning.] To furnish with horns; to givethe shape of a horn to; to cuckold.—Homed, hornd, , or shaped like, etc. — Homy, -T, a. [-ier,-lEST.] Consisting of horns or of a horn-like sub-stance
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