Hod"den*gray` (?), a. [Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.]
Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch
peasants. [Scot.]
Hod"dy (?), n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zoˆl.) See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
Hod"dy*dod`dy (?), n. [Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule,
hoddymandoddy.] An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Hodge"podge` (?), n. A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.
Hodg`kin's dis*ease" (?). (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by
progressive anÊmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first
described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
{ Ho"di*ern (?), Ho`di*er"nal (?), } a. [L. hodiernus, fr. hodie
today.] Of this day; belonging to the present day. [R.] Boyle. Quart.
Rev.
Hod"man (?), n.; pl. Hodmen(&?;). A man who carries a hod; a mason's
tender.
Hod"man*dod (?), n. [Obs.] See Dodman. Bacon.
Hod"o*graph (?), n. [Gr.&?; path + graph.] (Math.) A curve described by
the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this
line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and
having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point
moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
Ho*dom"e*ter (?), n. See Odometer.
Hoe (?), n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa,
G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for
digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and
gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or
tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.