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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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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.Ho-rā'tian, a. p. 637Of, or pertaining to, Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling the style of his writings.Hōrde, n. p. 637A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people possessing no fixed habitations, but migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, or the like cause.Hōr'de-īne, n. p. 637(Chem.) A substance analogous to starch, found in barley; cellulose. Gregory.Hor-de'o-liŭm, n. p. 637(Med.) A small tumor or boil upon the edge of the eyelid; — so called from its being of the size or shape of a grain of barley; a sty.Hōre'hound, n. p. 637See HOARHOUND.Ho-rĭ'zon, n. p. 637The circle which bounds that part of the earth’s surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. In the East the glorious lamp was seen Regent of day…Hōr'i-zōn'tal, a. p. 637Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, an horizontal line or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. Horizontal…Hŏr'/i-zŏn’tal-ly, adv. p. 637In an horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, a ball carried horizontally.Hōr′i-zon-tāl′i-ty, n. p. 637The state of being horizontal. Kirwan.Hōrn, n. p. 637A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing from the heads of certain animals, especially of the ruminant or cud-chewing quadrupeds, as the ox, the goat, the deer, and the like. The hollow…Hōrn, v. t. p. 637To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to. 2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold.Hōrn'-beak, n. p. 637A fish. See HORNFISH.Hōrn'bēam, n. p. 637(Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and…Hōrn'bill, n. p. 637(Ornith.) A large bird (Buceros-rhinoceros), having a large bill curving downward, on which is a process resembling another growing upward. It is a native of the East Indies. There are other species…