Hoar

[hɒ:]

Definition

(a.) White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

(a.) Gray or white with age; hoary.

(a.) Musty; moldy; stale.

(n.) Hoariness; antiquity.

(v. t.) To become moldy or musty.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Hoary, white, gray.

Checker: Willa

Definition

adj. white or grayish-white esp. with age or frost: mouldy.—n. hoariness: age.—v.i. (Shak.) to become mouldy.—n. Hoar′-frost white frost: the white particles formed by the freezing of dew.—adjs. Hoar′-head′ed Hoar′y white or gray with age: (bot.) covered with short dense whitish hairs.—adv. Hoar′ily.—ns. Hoar′iness; Hoar′-stone an ancient boundary stone.

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