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3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.

Hose carriage , cart , ∨ truck , a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. -- Hose company , a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] -- Hose coupling , coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench , a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

Hosen <Xpage=708>

Ho"sen (?) , n. pl. See Hose . [Archaic]

Hosier <Xpage=708>

Ho"sier (?) , n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

Hosiery <Xpage=708>

Ho"sier*y (?) , n. 1. The business of a hosier.

2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.

Hospice <Xpage=708>

Hos"pice (?) , n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.] A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St . Bernard.

Hospitable <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*ta*ble (?) , a. [Cf. OF. hospitable , LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

Shak.

2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites .

To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. Goldsmith.

Hospitableness <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*ta*ble*ness , n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

Barrow.

Hospitably <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*ta*bly , adv. In a hospitable manner.

Hospitage <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tage (?) , n. [LL. hospitagium , for L. hospitium . See Hospice .] Hospitality. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Hospital <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tal (?) , n. [OF. hospital , ospital , F. h\'93pital , LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See Host a landlord, and cf. Hostel , Hotel , Spital .] 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.]

Spenser.

2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.

Hospital ship , a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. -- Hospital Sunday , a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday .

Hospital <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tal , a. [L. hospitalis : cf. OF. hospital .] Hospitable. [Obs.]

Howell.

Hospitaler <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tal*er (?) , n. [Written also hospitaller .] [F. hospitalier . See Hospital , and cf. Hostler .] 1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.

2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem , and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta .

Hospitalism <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tal*ism (?) , n. (Med.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

Hospitality <Xpage=708>

Hos`pi*tal"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Hospitalities (#) . [L. hospitalitas : cf. F. hospitalit\'82 .] The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

Given to hospitality . Rom. xii. 13.

And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality . Shak.

Hospitalize <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tal*ize (?) , v. t. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

Hospitate <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tate (?) , v. i. [L. hospitatus , p.p. of hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest.] To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.]

Grew.

Hospitate <Xpage=708>

Hos"pi*tate , v. t. To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [Obs.]

Cockeram.

Hospitium <Xpage=708>

Hos*pi"ti*um (?) , n. [L. See Hospice .] 1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [Obs.]

2. (Law) An inn of court.

Hospodar <Xpage=708>

Hos"po*dar` (?) , n. [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.] A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.

Host <Xpage=708>

Host (?) , n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

&hand; In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.

Host <Xpage=708>

Host , n. [OE. host , ost , OF. host , ost , fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See Guest , and cf. Host a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war.

A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden.

2. Any great number or multitude; a throng.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Luke ii. 13.

All at once I saw a crowd, A host , of golden daffodils. Wordsworth.

Host <Xpage=708>

Host , n. [OE. host , ost , OF. hoste , oste , F. h\'93te , from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See Host an army, Possible , and cf. Hospitable , Hotel .] One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitosly or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer . "Fair host and Earl." Tennyson .

Time is like a fashionable host , That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

Host <Xpage=708>

Host , v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Host <Xpage=708>

Host , v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you shall host ."

Shak.

Hostage <Xpage=708>

Hos"tage (?) , n. [OE. hostage , OF. hostage , ostage , F. \'93tage , LL. hostaticus , ostaticum , for hospitaticum , fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See Host a landlord.] A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.

Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. Shak.

He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon.

Hostel <Xpage=708>

Hos"tel (?) , n. [OE. hostel , ostel , OF. hostel , ostel , LL. hospitale , hospitalis , fr. L. hospitalis . See Hospital , and cf. Hotel .] 1. An inn. [Archaic]

Poe.

So pass I hostel , hall, and grange. Tennyson.

2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.]

Holinshed.

Hosteler <Xpage=708>

Hos"tel*er (?) , n. [See Hostel , and cf. Hostler .] 1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.

2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Hostelry <Xpage=708>

Hos"tel*ry (?) , n. [OE. hostelrie , hostelrye , ostelrie , OF. hostelerie , fr. hostel . See Hostel .] An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] Chaucer . "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry ." B. Jonson .

Come with me to the hostelry . Longfellow.

Hostess <Xpage=708>

Host"ess (?) , n. [OE. hostesse , ostesse . See Host a landlord.] 1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.

Shak.

2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.

Shak.

Hostess-ship <Xpage=708>

Host"ess-ship , n. The character, personality, or office of a hostess.

Shak.

Hostie <Xpage=708>

Hos"tie (?) , n. [F. See 1st Host .] The consecrated wafer; the host. [Obs.]

Bp. Burnet.

Hostile <Xpage=708>

Hos"tile (?) , a. [L. hostilis , from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile . See Host an army.] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Syn. -- Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.

Hostile <Xpage=708>

Hos"tile , n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.]

P. H. Sheridan.

Hostilely <Xpage=708>

Hos"tile*ly , adv. In a hostile manner.

Hostility <Xpage=708>

Hos*til"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Hostilities (#) . [L. hostilitas : cf. F. hostilit\'82 .] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.

Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward.

2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.

We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. Atterbury.

He who proceeds to wanton hostility , often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. Crabb.

Syn. -- Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.

Hostilize <Xpage=708>

Hos"til*ize (?) , v. t. To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. [Obs.]

A. Seward.

Hosting <Xpage=708>

Host"ing (?) , n. [From Host an army.] [Obs.] 1. An encounter; a battle. "Fierce hosting ."

Milton.

2. A muster or review.

Spenser.

Hostler <Xpage=708>

Hos"tler (?) , n. [OE. hosteler , osteler , innkeeper, OF. hostelier , F. h\'93telier . See Hostel , and cf. Hospitaler , Hosteler .] 1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler .

2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.

3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

Hostless <Xpage=708>

Host"less (?) , a. Inhospitable. [Obs.] "A hostless house."

Spenser.

Hostry <Xpage=708>

Host"ry (?) , n. [OE. hosterie , osterie , OF. hosterie . See Host a landlord.] 1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.]

Marlowe.

2. A stable for horses. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Hot <Xpage=708>

Hot (?) , imp. & p. p. of Hote . [Obs.]

Spenser.

Hot <Xpage=708>

Hot (?) , a. [ Compar. Hotter (?) ; superl. Hottest (?) .] [OE. hot , hat , AS. h\'bet ; akin to OS. h\'c7t , D. heet , OHG. heiz , G. heiss , Icel. heitr , Sw. het , Dan. heed , hed ; cf. Goth. heit\'d3 fever, hais torch. Cf. Heat .] 1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold , and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. "A hot venison pasty."

Shak.

2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.

Achilles is impatient, hot , and revengeful. Dryden.

There was mouthing in hot haste. Byron.

3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous.

Shak.

4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard .

Hot bed (Iron Manuf.) , an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. -- Hot wall (Gardening) , a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. -- Hot well (Condensing Engines) , a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump. -- In hot water ( Fig. ), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.

Hotbed <Xpage=708>

Hot"bed` (?) , n. 1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.

2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition .

Hot blast <Xpage=708>

Hot" blast` (?) . See under Blast .

Hot-blooded <Xpage=708>

Hot"-blood`ed (?) , a. Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

Hot-brained <Xpage=708>

Hot"-brained` (?) , a. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth .

Dryden.

Hotchpot, Hotchpotch <Xpage=708>

Hotch"pot` (?) , Hotch"potch` (?) , n. [F. hochepot , fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen , hutsen , to shake. See Hustle , and Pot , and cf. Hodgepodge .] 1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.

A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. Bacon.

2. (Law) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given.

Bouvier. Tomlins.

&hand; This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story . It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation .

Bouvier. Tomlins.

Hotcockles <Xpage=708>

Hot"coc`kles (?) , n. [ Hot + cockle , cockle being perh. corrupt. fr. knuckle . Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.] A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.

Hote <Xpage=708>

Hote (?) , v. t. & i. [ pres. & imp. Hatte (?) , Hot (<?/) , etc.; p. p. Hote , Hoten (<?/) , Hot , etc. See Hight , Hete .] 1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

2. To promise. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]

There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. Chaucer.

Hotel <Xpage=708>

Ho*tel" (?) , n. [F. h\'93tel , OF. hostel . See Hostel .] 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

H\'93tel-de-ville <Xpage=708>

H\'93tel`-de-ville" (?) , n. [F.] A city hall or townhouse.

H\'93tel-Dieu <Xpage=708>

H\'93tel`-Dieu" (?) , n. [F.] A hospital.

Hoten <Xpage=708>

Hot"en (?) , p. p. of Hote .

Hotfoot <Xpage=708>

Hot"foot` (?) , adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]

Hot-head <Xpage=708>

Hot"-head` (?) , n. A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head .

Hot-headed <Xpage=708>

Hot"-head`ed , a. Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.

Macaulay.

Hothouse <Xpage=708>

Hot"house` (?) , n. 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.]

Shak.

3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.

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Hot-livered <Xpage=709>

Hot"-liv`ered (?) , a. Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.

Milton.

Hotly <Xpage=709>

Hot"ly , adv. [From Hot , a. ] 1. In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued .

2. In a lustful manner; lustfully.

Dryden.

Hot-mouthed <Xpage=709>

Hot"-mouthed` (?) , a. Headstrong.

That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.

Hotness <Xpage=709>

Hot"ness , n. 1. The quality or state of being hot.

2. Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury.