HOARED

Etymology

Adjective

hoared (comparative more hoared, superlative most hoared)

(obsolete) moldy; musty

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Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Hoared, a.

Definition: Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.

HOAR

Hoar, a. Etym: [OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and to OHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heiedh brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]

1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.

2. Gray or white with age; hoary. Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge. Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.

3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.

Hoar, n.

Definition: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.] Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.

Hoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]

Definition: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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