GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Hoar (?), a. [OE. hor, har, AS. hār; akin to Icel. hārr, and to OHG. hēr illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heið brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. kētus light, torch.  Cf. Hoary.]
   1. White, or grayish white; as, “hoar frost; hoar cliffs”. “Hoar waters.”  Spenser.
   
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   2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
   
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   Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge.
   
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   Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
   
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   3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   Hoar, n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
   
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   Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
   
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   Hoar, v. t. [AS. hārian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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