Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages.
Burke.
Hoar, v. t. [AS. hrian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.]
Shak.
Hoard (?), n. See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
Hoard, n. [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd,
Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos
guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.] A store, stock, or quantity of
anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a
hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] [AS.
hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to
store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to
hoard grain.
Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
To hoard for those whom he did breed.
Spenser.
Hoard"er (?), n. One who hoards.
Hoard"ing (?), n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German
or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, h¸rde; akin to
E. hurdle. √16. See Hurdle.] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards
inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.]
Posted on every dead wall and hoarding.
London Graphic.
2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing
something.
The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space
within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin.
Tyndall.
Hoared (?), a. Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.
Hoar"frost` (?), n. The white particles formed by the congelation of
dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.]
He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Ps. cxlvii. 16.
Hoar"hound` (?), n. Same as Horehound.
Hoar"i*ness (?), n. [From Hoary.] The state of being hoary. Dryden.
Hoarse (?), a. [Compar. Hoarser (?), superl. Hoarsest.] [OE. hors, also
hos, has, AS. hs; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hss, Dan. hÊs,
Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.] 1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice
or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or
sound; as, the hoarse raven.
The hoarse resounding shore.
Dryden.