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hoar
(encz) | hoar,jinovatka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hoar
(gcide) | Hoar \Hoar\, v. t. [AS. h[=a]rian to grow gray.]
To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Hoar
(gcide) | Hoar \Hoar\, a. [OE. hor, har, AS. h[=a]r; akin to Icel.
h[=a]rr, and to OHG. h[=e]r illustrious, magnificent; cf.
Icel. Hei[eth] brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr.
k[=e]tus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
"Hoar waters." --Spenser.
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2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
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Whose beard with age is hoar. --Coleridge.
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Old trees with trunks all hoar. --Byron.
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3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Hoar
(gcide) | Hoar \Hoar\, n.
Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
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Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages.
--Burke.
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hoar
(wn) | hoar
adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, {grey-
haired}, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects
outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] |
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dishoarding
(encz) | dishoarding, |
hoar
(encz) | hoar,jinovatka n: Zdeněk Brož |
hoard
(encz) | hoard,hromadit v: Zdeněk Brož |
hoarded wealth
(encz) | hoarded wealth, n: |
hoarder
(encz) | hoarder,hrabivec n: Zdeněk Brožhoarder,chamtivec n: Zdeněk Brož |
hoarding
(encz) | hoarding,hromadění n: Zdeněk Brožhoarding,ohrada n: Kamil Páral |
hoarding spree
(encz) | hoarding spree,nákupní horečka Pavel Machek; Giza |
hoards
(encz) | hoards,hromadí v: Zdeněk Brožhoards,hromady n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hoarfrost
(encz) | hoarfrost,jíní webhoarfrost,jinovatka web |
hoariness
(encz) | hoariness,bělovlasost n: Zdeněk Brožhoariness,starobylost n: Zdeněk Brožhoariness,šedivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
hoarse
(encz) | hoarse,chraplavý adj: Zdeněk Brožhoarse,chraptět v: Zdeněk Brožhoarse,ochraptělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hoarsely
(encz) | hoarsely,chraplavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
hoarseness
(encz) | hoarseness,chrapot n: Zdeněk Brožhoarseness,ochraptělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
hoary
(encz) | hoary,starobylý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hoary alison
(encz) | hoary alison, n: |
hoary alyssum
(encz) | hoary alyssum, n: |
hoary golden bush
(encz) | hoary golden bush, n: |
hoary marmot
(encz) | hoary marmot, n: |
hoary pea
(encz) | hoary pea, n: |
hoary plantain
(encz) | hoary plantain, n: |
hoary puccoon
(encz) | hoary puccoon, n: |
hoary willow
(encz) | hoary willow, n: |
labor hoarding
(encz) | labor hoarding, |
Hoard
(gcide) | Hoard \Hoard\, n.
See Hoarding, 2. --Smart.
[1913 Webster]Hoard \Hoard\, 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]Hoard \Hoard\, 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]Hoard \Hoard\, v. i.
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
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To hoard for those whom he did breed. --Spenser.
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Hoarded
(gcide) | Hoard \Hoard\, 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.
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Hoarder
(gcide) | Hoarder \Hoard"er\, n.
One who hoards.
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Hoarding
(gcide) | Hoard \Hoard\, 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]Hoarding \Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier,
palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle,
fence, G. horde, h["u]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See
Hurdle.]
1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials
while builders are at work. [Eng.]
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Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London
Graphic.
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2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or
concealing something.
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The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding,
the space within which was divided into compartments
by sheets of tin. --Tyndall.
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Hoared
(gcide) | Hoared \Hoared\, a.
Moldy; musty. [Obs.] --Granmer.
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hoarfrost
(gcide) | Frost \Frost\ (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst,
frost. fr. fre['o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG.,
Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See Freeze, v. i.]
1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
of water; congelation of fluids.
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2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions
congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
freezing weather.
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The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
--Shak.
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3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps.
cxlvii. 16.
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4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
character. [R.]
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It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
wreath. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
cause it to turn black, without the formation of
hoarfrost.
Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument
illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
cryophorus.
Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,
acid berries.
Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand
lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
especially in lighthouses. --Knight.
Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
shoe to keep him from slipping.
Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
cold.
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The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
strange black
obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
--Kane.
Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
freeze.
Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.
[1913 Webster]Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n.
The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white
frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.]
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii.
16.
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Hoarfrost
(gcide) | Frost \Frost\ (fr[o^]st; 115), n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst,
frost. fr. fre['o]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG.,
Icel., Dan., & Sw. frost. [root]18. See Freeze, v. i.]
1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
of water; congelation of fluids.
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2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions
congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
freezing weather.
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The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
--Shak.
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3. Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost.
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps.
cxlvii. 16.
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4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
character. [R.]
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It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
wreath. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Black frost, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
cause it to turn black, without the formation of
hoarfrost.
Frost bearer (Physics), a philosophical instrument
illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
cryophorus.
Frost grape (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,
acid berries.
Frost lamp, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand
lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
especially in lighthouses. --Knight.
Frost nail, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
shoe to keep him from slipping.
Frost smoke, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
cold.
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The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
strange black
obscurity: it is the frost smoke of arctic winters.
--Kane.
Frost valve, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
freeze.
Jack Frost, a popular personification of frost.
[1913 Webster]Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n.
The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white
frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.]
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii.
16.
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Hoarhound
(gcide) | Hoarhound \Hoar"hound`\, n.
Same as Horehound.
[1913 Webster]Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune;
h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.)
1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare),
which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a
household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also
hoarhound.]
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2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract
of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore
throat.
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Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant
resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus,
resembling mint, but not aromatic.
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hoarhound
(gcide) | Hoarhound \Hoar"hound`\, n.
Same as Horehound.
[1913 Webster]Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune;
h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.)
1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare),
which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a
household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also
hoarhound.]
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2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract
of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore
throat.
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Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant
resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus,
resembling mint, but not aromatic.
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Hoariness
(gcide) | Hoariness \Hoar"i*ness\, n. [From Hoary.]
The state of being hoary. --Dryden.
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Hoarse
(gcide) | Hoarse \Hoarse\, a. [Compar. Hoarser, superl. Hoarsest.]
[OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. h[=a]s; akin to D. heesch, G.
heiser, Icel. h[=a]ss, Dan. h[ae]s, 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.
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The hoarse resounding shore. --Dryden.
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2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
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Hoarsely
(gcide) | Hoarsely \Hoarse"ly\, adv.
With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
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Hoarsen
(gcide) | Hoarsen \Hoars"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hoarsening.]
To make hoarse.
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I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. --Richardson.
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Hoarsened
(gcide) | Hoarsen \Hoars"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hoarsening.]
To make hoarse.
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I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. --Richardson.
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Hoarseness
(gcide) | Hoarseness \Hoarse"ness\, n.
Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus
collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of
the cords.
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Hoarsening
(gcide) | Hoarsen \Hoars"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarsened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hoarsening.]
To make hoarse.
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I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. --Richardson.
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Hoarser
(gcide) | Hoarse \Hoarse\, a. [Compar. Hoarser, superl. Hoarsest.]
[OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. h[=a]s; akin to D. heesch, G.
heiser, Icel. h[=a]ss, Dan. h[ae]s, 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.
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The hoarse resounding shore. --Dryden.
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2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
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Hoarsest
(gcide) | Hoarse \Hoarse\, a. [Compar. Hoarser, superl. Hoarsest.]
[OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. h[=a]s; akin to D. heesch, G.
heiser, Icel. h[=a]ss, Dan. h[ae]s, 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.
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The hoarse resounding shore. --Dryden.
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2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
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Hoarstone
(gcide) | Hoarstone \Hoar"stone`\ (h[=o]r"st[=o]n`), n.
A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
--Halliwell.
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Hoary
(gcide) | Hoary \Hoar"y\, a.
1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows." --Addison.
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2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
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Reverence the hoary head. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
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3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
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4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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5. (Zool.) Of a pale silvery gray.
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6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs;
canescent.
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Hoary bat (Zool.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea),
having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
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Hoary bat
(gcide) | Hoary \Hoar"y\, a.
1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows." --Addison.
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2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
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Reverence the hoary head. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
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3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
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4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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5. (Zool.) Of a pale silvery gray.
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6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs;
canescent.
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Hoary bat (Zool.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea),
having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
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Hoary pea
(gcide) | Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. Peas (p[=e]z) or Pease (p[=e]z). [OE.
pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum;
cf. Gr. pi`sos, pi`son. The final s was misunderstood in
English as a plural ending. Cf. Pease.]
1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of
many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
popularly called a pod.
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Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
form peas being used in both senses.
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2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos,
Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
of a different color from the rest of the seed.
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Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
less closely related to the common pea. See the
Phrases, below.
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Beach pea (Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.
Black-eyed pea, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
sph[ae]rospermus} and its seed.
Butterfly pea, the American plant Clitoria Mariana,
having showy blossoms.
Chick pea. See Chick-pea.
Egyptian pea. Same as Chick-pea.
Everlasting pea. See under Everlasting.
Glory pea. See under Glory, n.
Hoary pea, any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.
Issue pea, Orris pea. (Med.) See under Issue, and
Orris.
Milk pea. (Bot.) See under Milk.
Pea berry, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
Pea bug. (Zool.) Same as Pea weevil.
Pea coal, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
Pea crab (Zool.), any small crab of the genus
Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
the European species (Pinnotheres pisum) which lives in
the common mussel and the cockle.
Pea dove (Zool.), the American ground dove.
Pea-flower tribe (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionace[ae]) of
leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
the pea. --G. Bentham.
Pea maggot (Zool.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix
pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
Pea ore (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
Pea starch, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
Pea tree (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.
Pea vine. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant which bears peas.
(b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
(Lathyrus Americana, and other similar species).
Pea weevil (Zool.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which
destroys peas by eating out the interior.
Pigeon pea. (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.
Sweet pea (Bot.), the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus;
also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
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Shoar
(gcide) | Shoar \Shoar\ (sh[=o]r), n.
A prop. See 3d Shore.
[1913 Webster]Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor,
OD. schoore, Icel. skor?a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being
a piece cut off.]
A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the
side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath
anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
[Written also shoar.]
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shoar
(gcide) | Shoar \Shoar\ (sh[=o]r), n.
A prop. See 3d Shore.
[1913 Webster]Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor,
OD. schoore, Icel. skor?a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being
a piece cut off.]
A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the
side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath
anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
[Written also shoar.]
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Sulphoarsenic
(gcide) | Sulphoarsenic \Sul`pho*ar*sen"ic\, 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.
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unhoard
(gcide) | unhoard \un*hoard"\ ([u^]n*h[=o]rd"), v. t. [1st pref. un- +
hoard.]
To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. --Milton.
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Uphoard
(gcide) | Uphoard \Up*hoard"\, v. t.
To hoard up. [Obs.] --Shak.
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hoar
(wn) | hoar
adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, {grey-
haired}, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects
outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] |
hoard
(wn) | hoard
n 1: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard,
cache, stash]
v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache,
lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of
data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn:
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass,
compile, hoard] |
hoarded wealth
(wn) | hoarded wealth
n 1: accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.;
"the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the
West Indies" [syn: treasure, hoarded wealth] |
hoarder
(wn) | hoarder
n 1: a person who accumulates things and hides them away for
future use |
hoarding
(wn) | hoarding
n 1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard, hoarding] |
hoarfrost
(wn) | hoarfrost
n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects
outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] |
hoariness
(wn) | hoariness
n 1: a silvery-white color [syn: frostiness, hoariness]
2: great age (especially grey or white with age) |
hoarse
(wn) | hoarse
adj 1: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking";
"hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful
but husky"- Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse,
husky] |
hoarsely
(wn) | hoarsely
adv 1: in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said
hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily] |
hoarseness
(wn) | hoarseness
n 1: a throaty harshness [syn: gruffness, hoarseness,
huskiness] |
hoary
(wn) | hoary
adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, {grey-
haired}, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: hoary, rusty]
3: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent,
hoary] |
hoary alison
(wn) | hoary alison
n 1: tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and
dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods;
naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed
[syn: hoary alison, hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana] |
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