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–noun

1.	hoarfrost; rime.

2.	a hoary coating or appearance.

–adjective

hoary.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME hor, OE hār; c. ON hārr gray with age, OFris hér gray, OHG hér old (G hehr august, sublime)

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adj.   Hoary.

n.   Hoarfrost.

[Middle English hor, from Old English hār.]

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hoar

O.E. har "gray, venerable, old," the connecting notion being gray hair, from P.Gmc. *khairaz, from PIE *koi- "to shine." Ger. retains the word as a title of respect, in Herr. Of frost, it is recorded in O.E. (hoar-frost is c.1290), expressing the resemblance of the white feathers of frost to an old man's beard. Used as an attribute of boundary stones in O.E. (probably in ref. to being gray with lichens), hence common in place names.

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hoar
adjective
1.	showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
noun
1.	ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Hoar

Haar\, n. [See Hoar.] A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind. [Scot.] --T. Chalmers.

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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.

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

Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. --Burke.

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