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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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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.]Hŏp’o'-my-thŭmb’, n. p. 637A very diminutive person. [Colloq. and low.] Grose.Hŏpped, p. a. p. 637Impregnated with hops.Hŏp’per, n. p. 637One who hops, or leaps on one leg. 2. A wooden trough through which grain passes into a mill by jolting or shaking: a receptacle from which any thing passes into a mill to be ground, and the like. 3.…Hōp'per-boy, n. p. 637A rake, in a mill, moving in a circle to draw the meal over an opening in the floor, through which it falls.Hŏp'pet, n. p. 637A hand-basket. 2. A dish used by miners to measure ore in. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3. An infant in arms. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Hōp'-pick'er, n. p. 637One who picks hops.Hōp'ping, n. p. 637The act of leaping on one leg; a springing, frisking, or dancing. 2. A gathering of hops. Smart.Hŏp'ple, v. t. p. 637To tie the feet of loosely together, to prevent running or leaping; as, to hopple an unruly horse. Holloway.Hōp'pie, n. p. 637A fetter for horses, or other animals, when turned out to graze;—chiefly used in the plural. Brande.Hōp'po, n. p. 637(a.) A collector; an overseer of commerce. (b.) A tribunal or commission having charge of that part of the public revenue derived from trade and navigation. [China.] Malcom.Hōp'-pōle, n. p. 637A pole used to support hops.Hŏp'-scōtch, n. p. 637A child's game, in which a stone is driven by the foot of the player from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched upon the ground. See HOPPER.Hōp'-vïne, n. p. 637The stalk of hops.Hŏp'-yārd, n. p. 637A field or inclosure where hops are raised.Hō'ral, a. p. 637Relating to an hour, or to hours. Prior.Hō'ral-ly, adv. p. 637Hourly. [Obs.]Hō'ra-ry, a. p. 637Pertaining to an hour; noting the hours; as, the horary circle. 2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly. “His horary shifts of shirts and waist-coats.” B. Jonson.