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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Hôrse'-pârs'lain, n.p. 639(Bot.) A plant of the genus Trianthema.
  2. Hôrse'-rāçe, n.p. 639A race by horses; a match of horses in running.
  3. Hôrse'-rā'cing, n.p. 639Practice of running horses.
  4. Hôrse'-rād'ish, n.p. 639(Bot.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), a species of scurvy-grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment. Gray.
  5. Hôrse'-rād'ish Treep. 639A tree found in India (Moringa [or Hyperanthora] pterygosperma), having pinnate leaves, and long, three-valved, pod-like capsules, largely used in curries, and to some extent in medicine. The fresh…
  6. Hôrse'-rāil'/rōad, n.p. 639A railroad running through the streets of a town or city, on which the cars are drawn by horses.
  7. Hôrse'-rāke, n.p. 639A rake worked by horse power.
  8. Hôrse'-rūn, n.p. 639A contrivance in deep earthworks for drawing up and lowering, by a horse, a man with a wheelbarrow. Simmonds.
  9. Hôrse'shōe, n.p. 639A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron bent into a form somewhat like the letter U, so as to fit the foot. 2. Any thing shaped like a horseshoe. 3. (Zoöl.) A kind of crustacean. See…
  10. Hôrse'shoe-hĕad, n.p. 639A disease of infants, in which the sutures of the skull are too open; — opposed to headmold-shot.
  11. Hôrse'shōe-ing, n.p. 639The act or employment of shoeing horses.
  12. Hôrse'-sting'er, n.p. 639Same as DRAGON-FLY, q. v.
  13. Hōrse'-sug'ar, n.p. 639(Bot.) A shrub of the southern part of the United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder.
  14. Hôrse'-tāil, n.p. 639(Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rush-like stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. The shrubby horse-tail is of the genus Ephedra. 2. A Turkish standard. ☞ Commanders…
  15. Hôrse'-thīs'tle, n.p. 639(Bot.) A rough, prickly plant, of the genus Cnicus. [Eng.]
  16. Hôrse'-tōngue, n.p. 639(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ruscus.
  17. Hôrse'-vĕtch, n.p. 639(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hippocrepis (H. comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; — called also horseshoe-vetch.}
  18. Hôrse'-wāy or Hôrse'-rōad, n.p. 639A way or road in which horses may travel.
  19. Hôrse'-weed, n.p. 639(Bot.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadense), which is a common weed.
  20. Hôrse'whīp, n.p. 639A whip for driving or striking horses.
  21. Hôrse'whip, v. t.p. 639To strike with a horsewhip.
  22. Hôrse'wom-an, n.p. 639A woman who rides on horseback.
  23. Hôrse'-worm, n.p. 639A worm that infests horses; a bot.
  24. Hor-tā'tion, n.p. 639The act of exhorting, or giving advice; exhortation; advice intended to encourage. [Rare.]
  25. Hôr'ta-tive, a.p. 639Giving exhortation; advisory.
  26. Hôr'ta-tive, n.p. 639A precept given to incite or encourage; exhortation. For soldiers, I find the general, commonly, in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children. Bacon.
  27. Hôr'ta-to-ry, a.p. 639Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.
  28. Hor-tēn’sial, a.p. 639Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  29. Hôr'ti-cūl'tor, n.p. 639One who cultivates a garden.
  30. Hôr'ti-cūlt'ūr-al, a.p. 639Pertaining to the culture of gardens.
  31. Hôr'ti-cŭlt/ūre, n.p. 639The cultivation of a garden; the art of cultivating gardens.
  32. Hôr'ti-cūlt'ūr-ist, n.p. 639One who practices the art of cultivating gardens.
  33. Hôrt'ū-lan, a.p. 639Belonging to a garden; as, a hortulan calendar. Evelyn.
  34. Hôr'tus Sī'e-cusp. 639A collection of specimens of plants, carefully dried and preserved; an herbarium.
  35. Hôrt'yārd, n.p. 639An orchard. See ORCHARD.
  36. Ho-sā'nā, n.p. 639An exclamation of praise to God, or an invocation of blessings.
  37. Hōse, n.p. 639Covering for the legs; close-fitting trowsers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrank shanks. Shak. 2. Covering for the…
  38. Hō'sier, n.p. 640One who deals in hose, or stockings and socks, &c., or in goods knit or woven like hose.
  39. Hō'sier-y, n.p. 640The business of a hosier. 2. Stockings in general; a supply or assortment of stockings and socks.
  40. Hŏs′pĭce, n.p. 640A place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as among the Alps, kept by monks, who also occupy it as a convent.
  41. Hōs'pi-ta-ble, a.p. 640Receiving and entertaining strangers with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; disposed to treat guests with generous kindness; as, a hospitable man. 2. Proceeding from or…
  42. Hŏs'pi-ta-bly, adv.p. 640In a hospitable manner; with generous and liberal entertainment.
  43. Hōs'pi-tage, n.p. 640Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser.
  44. Hōs'pi-tal, n.p. 640A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. A building in which the sick or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for the reception and cure…
  45. Hŏs'pi-tal, a.p. 640Hospitable. [Obs.] Howell.
  46. Hŏs'pi-tal-er, n.p. 640One residing in a hospital for the purpose of receiving the poor and strangers. 2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem, in A. D. 1042, for pilgrims. They were called Knights…
  47. Hōs'pi-tāl'i-ty, n.p. 640The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality. Hospitality I have found as universal as the…
  48. Hōs'pi-tāte, v. i.p. 640To be the recipient of hospitality; to reside or lodge under the roof of another. [Obs.] Grew.
  49. Hŏs'pi-tāte, v. t.p. 640To receive with hospitality; to lodge. [Obs.] Cockram.
  50. Hos-pi'ti-um', n.p. 640A monastery where entertainment is also provided for travelers; a hospice. 2. (Law.) An inn; a hotel.
  51. Hōs'po-dār', n.p. 640A title of a prince in Moldavia and Wallachia; also applied to the governor appointed by the Turkish government over these provinces. Brande.
  52. Hōst, n.p. 640One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Homer never entertained either guests or…
  53. Hōst, n.p. 640An army; a number of men embodied for war. “A host so great as covered all the field.” Dryden. 2. Any great number, or multitude. “The numbers of our host.” Shak.
  54. Hōst, n.p. 640(Rom. Cath. Church.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in mass is offered as a sacrifice.
  55. Hōst, v. t.p. 640To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.
  56. Hōst, v. i.p. 640To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] Shak.
  57. Hōs'tāge, n.p. 640A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, and on the performance of which the person is to be released. He that hath a wife…
  58. Hōs'tel, n.p. 640[O. Fr. hostel, os-
  59. Hŏs'tel-ryp. 640F. hostellerie, Pr. hostal, ostal, ostalaria, Sp. hostal, It. ostale, ospitale, ostello, L. Lat. hospitale, hospitalis, from Lat. hospitalis, hospitalia. See HOSPITAL, and cf. HOTEL. 1. An inn.…
  60. Hōs'tel-er, n.p. 640The keeper of a hostel or inn. 2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Whence we infer them to be no collegates, but hostlers; not in that sense in which…