Chapter 738

Hive (?) , n. [OE. hive , huve , AS. h<?/fe .] 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.

Dryden.

2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

Shak.

3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson.

Hive bee (Zo\'94l.) , the honeybee.

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Hive , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hived (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving .] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees .

2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.

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Hive , v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

Pope.

Hiveless <Xpage=696>

Hive"less , a. Destitute of a hive.

Gascoigne.

Hiver <Xpage=696>

Hiv"er (?) , n. One who collects bees into a hive.

Hives <Xpage=696>

Hives (?) , n. [Scot.; perh. akin to E. heave .] (Med.) (a) The croup. (b) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis) , allied to the chicken pox.

Hizz <Xpage=696>

Hizz (?) , v. i. To hiss. [Obs.]

Shak.

Ho <Xpage=696>

Ho (?) , pron. Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.

Ho, Hoa <Xpage=696>

Ho , Hoa (?) , n. [See Ho , interj. , 2.] A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

There is no ho with them. Decker.

Ho, Hoa <Xpage=696>

Ho , Hoa (?) , interj. [Cf. F. & G. ho .] 1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho ?"

Shak.

" Ho ! who's within?" Shak.

2. [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold ; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa .] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa , and, formerly, hoo .]

The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried " Hoo !" Chaucer.

An herald on a scaffold made an hoo . Chaucer.

Hoar <Xpage=696>

Hoar (?) , a. [OE. hor , har , AS. h\'ber ; akin to Icel. h\'berr , and to OHG. h&emac;r illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Hei&edh; brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. k&emac;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.

Hoar <Xpage=696>

Hoar , n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]

Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.

Hoar <Xpage=696>

Hoar , v. t. [AS. h\'berian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.]

Shak.

Hoard <Xpage=696>

Hoard (?) , n. See Hoarding , 2.

Smart.

Hoard <Xpage=696>

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.

To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.

Hoarder <Xpage=696>

Hoard"er (?) , n. One who hoards.

Hoarding <Xpage=696>

Hoard"ing (?) , n. [From OF. hourd , hourt , barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde , h\'81rde ; akin to E. hurdle . &root;16. See Hurdle .] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.]

Posted on every dead wall and hoarding . London Graphic .

2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.

The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding , the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall.

Hoared <Xpage=696>

Hoared (?) , a. Moldy; musty. [Obs.]

Granmer.

Hoarfrost <Xpage=696>

Hoar"frost` (?) , n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost . See Hoar , a. ]

He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.

Hoarhound <Xpage=696>

Hoar"hound` (?) , n. Same as Horehound .

Hoariness <Xpage=696>

Hoar"i*ness (?) , n. [From Hoary .] The state of being hoary.

Dryden.

Hoarse <Xpage=696>

Hoarse (?) , a. [ Compar. Hoarser (?) , superl. Hoarsest .] [OE. hors , also hos , has , AS. h\'bes ; akin to D. heesch , G. heiser , Icel. h\'bess , Dan. h\'91s , Sw. hes . Cf. Prov. E. heazy .] 1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven .

The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

Hoarsely <Xpage=696>

Hoarse"ly , adv. With a harsh, grating sound or voice.

Hoarsen <Xpage=696>

Hoars"en (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoarsened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarsening .] To make hoarse.

I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.

Hoarseness <Xpage=696>

Hoarse"ness (?) , n. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

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Hoarstone <Xpage=697>

Hoar"stone` (?) , n. A stone designating the <?/ounds of an estate; a landmark.

Halliwell.

Hoary <Xpage=697>

Hoar"y (?) , a. 1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows."

Addison.

2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.

Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.

3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity .

4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.]

Knolles.

5. (Zo\'94l.) Of a pale silvery gray.

6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.

Hoary bat (Zo\'94l.) , an American bat ( Atalapha cinerea ), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

Hoatzin <Xpage=697>

Ho"at*zin (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Hoazin .

Hoax <Xpage=697>

Hoax (?) , n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus , in hocus-pocus .] A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

Macaulay.

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Hoax , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoaxed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing .] To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.

Lamb.

Hoaxer <Xpage=697>

Hoax"er (?) , n. One who hoaxes.

Hoazin <Xpage=697>

Hoa"zin (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A remarkable South American bird ( Opisthocomus cristatus ); the crested touraco. By some zo\'94logists it is made the type of a distinct order ( Opisthocomi ).

Hob <Xpage=697>

Hob (?) , n. [Prob. akin to hump . Cf. Hub . ]

1. The hub of a wheel. See Hub .

Washington.

2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

Smart.

3. (Mech.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.

Hob <Xpage=697>

Hob , n [Orig. an abbrev. of Robin , Robert ; Robin Goodfellow a celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. Hobgoblin , and see Robin . ] 1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.]

From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . . Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau. & FL.

2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.]

Nares.

Hobanob, Hobandnob <Xpage=697>

Hob"a*nob` (?) , Hob"and*nob` , v. i. Same as Hobnob .

Tennyson.

Hobbism <Xpage=697>

Hob"bism (?) , n. The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes , an English materialist (<?/); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.

Hobbist <Xpage=697>

Hob"bist (?) , n. One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.

Hobble <Xpage=697>

Hob"ble (?) , n. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hobbled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling (?) .] [OE. hobelen , hoblen , freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen , hoblen , hoppeln . See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ] 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.

2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.

Prior.

The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.

Hobble <Xpage=697>

Hob"ble , v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses."

Dickens

2. To perplex; to embarrass.

Hobble <Xpage=697>

Hob"ble , n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait .

Swift.

2. Same as Hopple .

3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

Waterton.

Hobblebush <Xpage=697>

Hob"ble*bush` (?) , n. (Bot.) A low bush ( Viburnum lantanoides ) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple .

Hobbledehoy, Hobbletehoy <Xpage=697>

Hob"ble*de*hoy` (?) , Hob"ble*te*hoy` (?) , n. [Written also hobbetyhoy , hobbarddehoy , hobbedehoy , hobdehoy .] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau , a country squire, E. hobby , and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.]

All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

Hobbler <Xpage=697>

Hob"bler (?) , n. One who hobbles.

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Hob"bler , n. [OE. also hobeler , OF. hobelier , LL. hobellarius . See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.

Hallam. Sir J. Davies.

Hobblingly <Xpage=697>

Hob"bling*ly (?) , adv. With a limping step.

Hobbly <Xpage=697>

Hob"bly (?) , a. Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.

Hobby <Xpage=697>

Hob"by (?) , n. ; pl. Hobbies (#) . [OE. hobi ; cf. OF. hobe , hob\'82 , F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse.] (Zo\'94l.) A small, strong-winged European falcon ( Falco subbuteo ), formerly trained for hawking.

Hobby, Hobbyhorse <Xpage=697>

Hob"by (?) , Hob"by*horse` (?) , n. [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa ; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.] 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.

Johnson.

2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse .]

3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. [Usually under the form hobby .]

Not one of them has any hobbyhorse , to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay.

Hobbyhorsical <Xpage=697>

Hob`by*hors"ic*al (?) , n. Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical. [Colloq.]

Sterne.

Hobgoblin <Xpage=697>

Hob"gob`lin (?) , n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin .] A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.

Macaulay.

Hobiler <Xpage=697>

Hob"i*ler (?) , n. [See 2d Hobbler .] A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler . [Obs.]

Brande & C.

Hobit <Xpage=697>

Ho"bit (?) , n. [See Howitzer .] (Mil.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

Hobnail <Xpage=697>

Hob"nail` (?) , n. [1st hob + nail .] 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

2. A clownish person; a rustic.

Milton.

Hobnail liver (Med.) , a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.

Hobnail <Xpage=697>

Hob"nail` , v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.

Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.

Hobnailed <Xpage=697>

Hob"nailed` (?) , a. See with hobnails, as a shoe.

Hobnob <Xpage=697>

Hob"nob` (?) , adv. [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have , and cf. Habnab .] 1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.

Shak.

2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)

Holinshed.

Hobnob <Xpage=697>

Hob"nob` , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hornobbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing .] 1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob .]

2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.

Hobnob <Xpage=697>

Hob"nob` , n. Familiar, social intercourse.

W. Black.

Hobornob <Xpage=697>

Hob"or*nob` (?) , adv. See Hobnob .

Hoboy <Xpage=697>

Ho"boy (?) , n. A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]

Hobson's choice <Xpage=697>

Hob"son's choice" (?) . A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

&hand; It is said to have had its origin in the name of one Hobson , at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door.

Hocco <Xpage=697>

Hoc"co (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant . See Curassow .

Hochepot <Xpage=697>

Hoche"pot (?) , n. Hotchpot. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Hock <Xpage=697>

Hock (?) , n. [So called from Hoch heim, in Germany.] A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

Hock, Hough <Xpage=697>

Hock , Hough (<?/) , n. [ AS. h<?/h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. h\'besinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc , G. hechse , h\'84chse , LG. hacke , D. hak ; also to L. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses ), Skr. kaksha armpit. &root;12. Cf. Heel .] 1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.

2. The popliteal space; the ham.

Hock <Xpage=697>

Hock , v. t. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

Hockamore <Xpage=697>

Hock"a*more (?) , n. [See 1st Hock .] A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock .

Hudibras.

Hockday <Xpage=697>

Hock"day` (?) , n. [Cf. AS. h&omac;cor mockery, scorn.] A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide . [Eng.] [Written also hokeday .]

Hockey <Xpage=697>

Hock"ey (?) , n. [From Hook , n. ] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey .]

Hockherb <Xpage=697>

Hock"herb` (?) , n. (Bot.) The mallow.

Hockle <Xpage=697>

Hoc"kle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hockled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling (?) .] [From 2d Hock .] 1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough.

Hanmer.

2. To mow, as stubble.

Mason.

Hocus <Xpage=697>

Ho"cus (?) , v. t. [See Hocus-pocus .] 1. To deceive or cheat.

Halliwell.

2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker .

Dickens.

3. To stupefy with drugged liquor.

Thackeray.

Hocus <Xpage=697>

Ho"cus , n. 1. One who cheats or deceives.

South.

2. Drugged liquor.

Hocuspocus <Xpage=697>