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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hŏŏd'ed, a. p. 636Hood-shaped; especially, (Bot.) rolled up like a cornet of paper; cucullate, as the spathe of Indian turnip. Gray.Hŏod'less, a. p. 636Having no hood.Hŏod'man-blīnd, n. p. 636A play in which a person blinded is to catch another, and tell his name; blind-man's-buff. Shak.Hŏod'-mōld'ing p. 636Hōod'-mōuld'ing, n. p. 636(Arch.) A projecting molding, as over the head of an arch;— called also drip-stone. Oxf. Gloss.Hōod'wĭnk, v. t. p. 636To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak. 2. To cover; to hide. For the prize I'll bring thee to Shall hoodwink this mischance. Shak. 3. To deceive by external appearances…Hōof, n. p. 636The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, &c. On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson. 2. An animal; a beast; hence…Hōof, v. i. p. 636To walk as cattle. [Rare.] William Scott.Hōof'-bound, a. p. 636(Far.) Having a dryness and contraction of the hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.Hōofed, a. p. 636Furnished with hoofs. Of all the hoofed quadrupeds the horse is the most beautiful. Grew.Hōof'less, a. p. 636Destitute of hoofs.Hōok, n. p. 636A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve for catching, holding, and sustaining any thing; as, a hook for catching fish; a tenter-hook; a chimney-hook; a pot-hook, &c. 2.…Hōōk, v. t. p. 636To catch or fasten with a hook; to seize or draw as with a hook; as, to hook a trout; to be hooked by an ox. 2. To draw or obtain by artifice; to entrap; to insnare. “Her I can hook to me.” Shak.…Hōōk, v. i. p. 636To bend; to be curved.Hōōk'ah, n. p. 636A pipe, so arranged that the smoke is made to pass through water for the sake of cooling it.Hooked, a. p. 636Having the form of a hook; curvated. The bill is strong, short, and very much hooked. Pennant. 2. Provided with a hook or hooks. The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood. Milton.Hōōk'ed-ness, n. p. 636A state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.Hōōk'er, n. p. 636One who, or that which, hooks. 2. (Naut.) A small vessel or smack, used in the Netherlands and on the Irish coast. [Written also howker.] Simmonds.Hōōk'ey, n. p. 636See HOCKEY.Hōōk'-mō'tion, n. p. 636(Steam-eng.) A valve-gear which is reversed by V-hooks.Hōōk'-nōsed, a. p. 636Having a curvated or aquiline nose. Shak.Hōōk'y, a. p. 636Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.Hōōp, n. p. 636A pliant strip of wood or metal formed into a ring, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, &c., or for other similar purposes. 2. Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular.…Hōōp, v. t. p. 636To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.Hōōp, v. i. p. 636To utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.] 2. To cough, as in the hooping-cough; to whoop. See WHOOP.Hōōp, v. t. p. 636To drive or follow with a shout or outcry. Shak. 2. To call by a shout or hoop.Hōōp, n. p. 636A shout; also a shrill, gasping cough. 2. The hoopoe. See HOOPOE.Hōōp'er, n. p. 636One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper. 2. (Ornith.) A wild swan (Cygnus musicus), having a singularly convoluted windpipe, and uttering a note like hoop. It is found in Northern Europe.Hōōp'ing-cough, n. p. 636A cough in which the patient hoops, or whoops, with a deep inspiration of breath. [Written also whooping-cough.]Hōōp'ōe or Hōōp'ōō, n. p. 636(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. It is found in Europe and Northern Africa.—Called also hoop.Hoop'-skĭrt, n. p. 636A frame-work of hoops for expanding the skirts of a lady's dress; —called also hoop-petticoat.Hōō'sier, n. p. 636A citizen of the State of Indiana. [U. S.]Hōot, v. i. p. 637To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden. 2. To cry as an owl. The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots. Shak.Hōōt, v. t. p. 637To utter contemptuous cries or shouts at; to follow with such noise or shouts. Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.Hōot, n. p. 637A cry or shout in contempt. Glanville.Hōōve or Hōv'en, n. p. 637A disease in cattle consisting in the excessive inflation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food. Gardner.Hōo'ven or Hō'ven, a. p. 637Affected with the disease called hoove or hoven; as, hooven cattle.Hŏp, v. i. p. 637To move by successive leaps or sudden starts; to jump once or by successive hops, alighting on one foot; to skip, as birds do; to spring. The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from…Hŏp, n. p. 637A leap on one leg; a leap; a jump; a spring. 2. An informal dance; also, any dance. [Colloq.]Hŏp, n. p. 637(Bot.) A plant of the genus Humulus (H. lupulus), having a long, twining stalk. The female flowers, or catkins, constitute the hops of commerce. Their scales and the fruit secrete an aromatic resin…Hŏp, v. t. p. 637To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.Hŏp, v. i. p. 637To gather hops.Hŏp'-bīnd, n. p. 637The stalk or vine on which hops grow. Blackstone.Hope, n. p. 637A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of any thing desirable; confidence; expectation. The…Hōpe, v. i. p. 637To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, with some expectation of obtaining it, or belief that it is obtainable. “Hope for good success.” Bp. Taylor. 2. To place confidence; to…Hōpe, v. t. p. 637To desire with expectation, or with belief in the possibility or the prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the anticipation of obtaining. So stands the Thracian…Hōpe, n. p. 637A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Hōpe'ful, a. p. 637Full of hope, or of desire, with expectation. I was hopeful the success of your first attempts would encourage you to the trial of more nice and difficult experiments. Boyle. 2. Having qualities…Hōpe'ful-ly, adv. p. 637In a manner to excite or encourage hope; with hope; with ground for expectation or anticipation of good.Hōpe'ful-ness, n. p. 637The state or quality of being hopeful, or of furnishing reason for hope.Hōpe'tte, n. p. 637(Min.) See HOPITE.Hōpe'less, a. p. 637Destitute of hope; having no expectation of that which is desirable; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. 2. Giving no ground of hope or expectation of good; promising nothing…Hōpe'less-ly, adv. p. 637Without hope. Beau. & Fl.Hōpe'less-ness, n. p. 637A state of being hopeless; despair.Hōp'er, n. p. 637One who hopes.Hŏp-hŏrn'bēam, n. p. 637(Bot.) An American tree of the genus Ostrya (O. Virginica); the American iron-wood.Hōp'ing-ly, adv. p. 637With hope or desire of good, and expectation of obtaining it. Hammond.Hōp'ite, n. p. 637(Min.) A transparent mineral of a light color, being a hydrous compound of phosphoric acid and oxide of zinc, with a small proportion of cadmium; — so named from Professor Hope, of Edinburgh. Dana.Hŏp'līte, n. p. 637(Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Mitford.Hōp'-ōast, n. p. 637An oven or a kiln for drying hops. [Prov. Eng.]