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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hŏs'tel-ry p. 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.…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…Hōst'ess, n. p. 640A female host; a woman who receives and hospitably entertains guests at her house. 2. A female who receives and entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.Hōst'ess-shĭp, n. p. 640The character or business of a hostess. Shak.Hŏs'tie, n. p. 640The consecrated wafer; the host. [Obs.] Burnet.Hŏs'tile, a. p. 640Belonging to an enemy; appropriate to an enemy; showing ill-will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or a hostile people; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile…Hōs'tile-ly, adv. p. 640In a hostile manner.Hos-tĭl'i-ty, n. p. 640The state of being hostile; public or private enmity; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward. 2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the…Hŏs'til-ize, v. t. p. 640To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. [Obs.]Hōst'ing, n. p. 640An encounter; a battle. Milton. 2. A muster or review. Spenser.Hŏs'tler, n. p. 640The person who has the care of horses at an inn;—so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person. 2. Any one who takes care of horses; a stable-boy; a groom.Hōst'less, a. p. 640Inhospitable. [Obs.] “A hostless house.” Spenser.Hōst'ry, n. p. 640A lodging-house; a hostel; an inn. Howell. 2. A stable for horses. Dryden.Hŏt, a. p. 640Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great or powerful degree; very warm;—opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove or fire; a hot cloth; hot liquors.…Hŏt or Hōte or Hō'ten, p. p. p. 640Called; named; styled. [Obs.] See HIGHT.Hŏt'-bĕd, n. p. 640(Gardening.) A bed of earth heated by fermenting substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotic plants. 2. A place which favors rapid growth or…Hŏt'blăst, n. p. 640(Iron Works.) A stream of heated air thrown into a furnace by means of a blowing-machine.Hŏt'-blōōd'ed, a. p. 640Having hot blood, or having an excitable disposition; high-spirited; irritable.Hŏt'-brāined, a. p. 640Ardent in temper; violent; rash; precipitate; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.Hŏtch'pŏt or Hŏtch'pŏtch, n. p. 640A mingled mass; a confused mixture of ingredients; a hodgepodge. A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes is unpleasant to the taste. Bacon. 2. (Law.) A blending of property for equality of division.…Hŏt'-cŏck'les, n. p. 640A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him, or his hand placed behind him.Ho-tēl', n. p. 640A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; a hostel or hostelry; an inn or public house; especially, one of some style or pretensions. 2. A palace or dwelling of a person of rank or wealth.…Hôtel-de-ville, n. p. 640City hall or town house.Hôtel-Dieu, n. p. 640A hospital.Hŏt'-flūe, n. p. 640An apartment heated by stoves or steam-pipes, in which padded and printed calicoes are dried. Ure.Hŏt'-hĕad'ed, a. p. 640Of ardent passions; vehement; violent; rash; impetuous. Arbuthnot.Hŏt'-house, n. p. 640A house kept warm to shelter tender plants, and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagno, or place to sweat in. [Obs.]…Hŏt'-lĭv'ered, a. p. 640Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton.Hŏt'ly, adv. p. 640In a hot manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; as, a stag hotly pursued. 2. In a lustful manner; lustfully. Dryden.Hŏt'-mouthed, a. p. 640Headstrong; ungovernable. That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.Hŏt'ness, n. p. 640The condition or quality of being hot. 2. Heat or excitement of mind; violence; vehemence; fury.Hŏt'-prĕss, v. t. p. 640To apply heat to in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glossy surface; as, to hot-press paper, linen, &c.Hŏt'-prĕssed, a. p. 640Pressed while heat is applied, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glossy surface, as paper and the like.Hŏt'-shôrt, a. p. 640More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.Hŏt'-spĭr'it-ed, a. p. 640Having a fiery spirit. Irving.Hŏt'spur, n. p. 640A man violent, passionate, heady, rash, or precipitate. Shak. 2. A kind of pea of early growth. Mortimer.Hŏt'spur, a. p. 640Violent; impetuous. Spenser.Hŏt'spurred, a. p. 640Vehement; rash; heady; headstrong. Peacham.Hŏt'ten-tŏt, n. p. 640(Geog.) One of a certain savage and degraded tribe of South Africa.Hottentot cherry p. 640a plant of the genus Cassine (C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon.Hŏt'-wall, n. p. 640(Gardening.) A wall constructed with flues for the conducting of heat, to secure or hasten the growth of fruit-trees. Brande.Hŏt'-wĕll, n. p. 640(Low-pressure or Condensing Steam-engines.) A receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air-pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot-well by the…Hou'dàh, n. p. 641See HOWDAH.Hōugh, n. p. 641(a.) The joint on the hind leg of a quadruped, between the knee and fetlock, and which corresponds to the ankle-joint in man. (b.) That part of the leg between the leg-bone (tibia) and the…Hōugh, v. t. p. 641To disable by cutting the sinews of the ham; to hamstring. 2. To cut with a hoe. [Obs.]Hou'let, n. p. 641An owl. See HOWLET.Hōult, n. p. 641See HOLT.Hound, n. p. 641A dog; properly, one which hunts by the scent of game; as, a fox-hound; a blood-hound, and the like; but often used more generally of any dog used for the purpose of hunting; as, a greyhound. 2.…Hound, v. t. p. 641To set on the chase; to incite, as a hound, to pursuit. He who only lets loose a greyhound out of the slip, is said to hound him at the hare. Bramhall. 2. To hunt; to chase. L'Estrange. 3. To urge…Hound'-fish, n. p. 641(Ichth.) A fish of the shark family. The smooth hound-fish is the Mustelus lævis, which is esteemed delicate food in the Hebrides.Hound’s’-tōngue, n. p. 641(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cynoglossum; — so called from the shape of its leaves.Houp, n. p. 641The same as Hoopoo. [Obs.]Hour, n. p. 641The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes. 2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours, minutes, &c., and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? at what hour shall we meet? 3. Fixed…Hour'-ăn'gle, n. p. 641(Astron.) The angle between the hour-circle passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.Hour'-cîr'cle, n. p. 641(Astron.) (a). Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles; especially, one of the circles drawn on an artificial globe through the pole, and dividing the equator into spaces of 15°, or…Hour'-glass, n. p. 641An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour, consisting of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies…Hour'-hānd, n. p. 641The hand or index which shows the hour on a chronometer.Hour'i, n. p. 641A nymph of paradise; — so called by the Mohammedans.Hour'-line, n. p. 641(Astron.) A line indicating the hour. 2. (Dialing.) A line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the projection of an hour-circle on a plane.Hour'ly, a. p. 641Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated. Observe the waning moon with hourly view. Dryden. We must live in hourly expectation of having the troops recalled.…