hoar

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1. hoar - Noun

2. hoar - Adjective

3. hoar - Verb

4. hoar - Adjective Satellite

5. Hoar - Proper noun

Meaning

White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

Gray or white with age; hoary.

Musty; moldy; stale.

To become moldy or musty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers. Thomas Warton

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick. Ambrose Bierce

whose beard with age is hoar Source: Internet

nodded his hoary head Source: Internet

Etymology The Oxford English Dictionary derives the word from two Old English forms: "hoar" ("white," "light-colored," as in "hoarfrost") and "hune" a word of unknown origin designating a class of herbs or plants. Source: Internet

Depth hoar crystals grow continuously at the expense of neighbouring smaller crystals, so typically are visibly stepped and have faceted hollows. Source: Internet

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