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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoary
Hoar′y
,Adj.
1.
White or whitish.
“The hoary willows.” Addison.
2.
White or gray with age; hoar;
as,
. hoary
hairsReverence the
hoary
head. Dr. T. Dwight.
3.
Hence, remote in time past;
as,
. hoary
antiquity4.
Moldy; mossy; musty.
[Obs.]
Knolles.
5.
(Zool.)
Of a pale silvery gray.
6.
(Bot.)
Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
Hoary bat
(Zool.)
, an American bat (
Atalapha cinerea
), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.Webster 1828 Edition
Hoary
HOARY
,Noun.
1.
White or gray with age; as hoary hairs; a hoary head. Reverence the hoary head.
2.
Moldy; mossy, or covered with a white pubescence.Definition 2024
hoary
hoary
English
Adjective
hoary (comparative hoarier, superlative hoariest)
- White or gray with age.
- The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.
- 1787, John Rippon, "How Firm a Foundation":
- And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
- Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
- (zoology) Of a pale silvery gray.
- (botany) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
- (obsolete) Remote in time past.
- (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
- Old or old-fashioned.
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
- In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.
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white or gray with age
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