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n. Hoariness; antiquity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. hārian to grow gray. ] To become moldy or musty. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding. ] [ AS. hordian. ] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal. ] A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hoarding, 2. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hoards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. √16. See Hurdle. ] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moldy; musty. [ Obs. ] Granmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [ Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Horehound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Hoary. ] The state of being hoary. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Hoarser superl. Hoarsest. ] [ OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. hās; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hāss, Dan. hæs, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy. ] 1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a harsh, grating sound or voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoarsened p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarsening. ] To make hoarse. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. White or whitish. “The hoary willows.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [ Obs. ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) Of a pale silvery gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoary bat (Zool.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A prop. See 3d Shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hoard. ] To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]