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   Hoard (?), n. See Hoarding, 2.  Smart.
   
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   Hoard, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.] A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, “a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.”
   
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   Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS. hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, “to hoard grain”.
   
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   Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
   
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   To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.
   
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