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Traditional English :: hoar
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hoarily.html - adj. & n. literary --adj. 1 grey-haired with age.
2 greyish-white.
3 (of a thing) grey with age. --n. 1 = hoar-frost.
2 hoariness. hoar-frost frozen water vapour deposited in clear still weather on vegetation etc. [OE har f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: hoard
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hoarily.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a stock or store (esp. of money) laid by.
2 an amassed store of facts etc.
3 Archaeol. an ancient store of treasure etc. --v. 1 tr. (often absol.; often foll. by up) amass (money etc.) and put away; store.
2 intr. accumulate more than one's current requirements of food etc. in a time of scarcity.
3 tr. store in the mind. hoarder n. [OE hord f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: hoarding
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hoarily.html - n. 1 Brit. a large, usu. wooden, structure used to carry advertisements etc. 2 a board fence erected round a building site etc., often used for displaying posters etc. [obs. hoard f. AF h(o)urdis f. OF hourd, hort, rel. to HURDLE] |
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Traditional English :: hoarhound
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hoarily.html - var. of HOREHOUND. |
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Traditional English :: hoarse
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hoarily.html - adj. 1 (of the voice) rough and deep; husky; croaking. 2 having such a voice. hoarsely adv. hoarsen v.tr. & intr. hoarseness n. [ME f. ON hars (unrecorded) f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: hoarstone
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hoarily.html - n.
Brit. an ancient boundary stone. |
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