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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hoar

Hōar, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. hār, hoar, hoary, gray. Cf. Icel. hār, lofty, sublime, O. H. Ger. hēr, illustrious, magnificent, A-S. heáh, high, proud.]

  1. White, or grayish-white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. “Hoar waters.” Spenser.
  2. Gray or white with age; hoary; as, a matron grave and hoar.

The covert of old trees, with trunks all hoar. Byron. 3. Musty; moldy. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hōar, n.

noun

Sense 1. Hoariness; antiquity. Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke. 2. Fog or thick mist. [Eng.] London.

Hōar, v. i.

verbintransitive

[A-S. hārian. See supra.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.