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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOAR, a.
1. White; as hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
2. Gray; white with age; hoary; as a matron grave and hoar.
HOAR, n. Hoariness; antiquity.
HOAR, v.i. To become moldy or musty. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey- haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired] n
1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English hor, from Old English h?r; akin to Old High German h?r hoary Date: before 12th century hoary II. noun Etymology: Middle English hor hoariness, from hor, adjective Date: 1567 frost 1b

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. literary --adj. 1 grey-haired with age. 2 greyish-white. 3 (of a thing) grey with age. --n. 1 = hoar-frost. 2 hoariness. Phrases and idioms: hoar-frost frozen water vapour deposited in clear still weather on vegetation etc. Etymology: OE har f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoar Hoar, a. [OE. hor, har, AS. h[=a]r; akin to Icel. h[=a]rr, and to OHG. h[=e]r illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Hei[eth] brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. k[=e]tus 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoar Hoar, n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.] Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. --Burke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hoar Hoar, v. t. [AS. h[=a]rian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] --Shak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Hoary, white, gray.

Moby Thesaurus

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