HITHER, hi_th_'[.e]r, _adv._ to this place.--_adj._ toward the speaker:
nearer.--_v.i._ to come--chiefly in phrase, 'to hither and thither'=to go
to and fro.--_adj._ HITH'ERMOST, nearest on this side.--_n._ and _adj._
HITH'ERSIDE, the nearer side.--_advs._ HITH'ERTO, to this place or time: as
yet; HITH'ERWARD, towards this place.--HITHER AND THITHER, back and
forward: to and from. [A.S. _hider_; Goth. _hidrê_, Ice. _hêðra_.]
HITOPADESA, hit-[=o]-pa-d[=e]'sa, _n._ a famous collection of fables and
stories in Sanskrit literature, a popular summary in four books of the
_Panchatantra_.
HITTITE, hit'[=i]t, _adj._ pertaining to the Hittites, a powerful and
civilised people, probably not Semitic, of northern Syria. [Heb.
_Khitt[=i]m_.]
HIVE, h[=i]v, _n._ a place where bees live and store up honey, whether
artificial or natural: a swarm of bees in a box or basket: any busy
company.--_v.t._ to collect into a hive: to lay up in store.--_v.i._ to
take shelter together: to reside in a body.--_ns._ HIVE'-BEE, the common
honey-bee; HIV'ER; HIVE'-NEST, a large nest built and occupied by several
pairs of birds in common. [A.S. _hýf_.]
HIVES, h[=i]vz, _n._ a popular term for nettle-rash and other similar skin
diseases: laryngitis.
HIZZ, hiz, _v.i._ to hiss.
HO, HOA, h[=o], _interj._ a call to excite attention: hold! stop!--repeated
it expresses derision.
HOAR, h[=o]r, _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. [A.S. _hár_, hoary,
gray; Ice. _hárr_.]
HOARD, h[=o]rd, _n._ a store: a hidden stock: a treasure: a place for
hiding anything.--_v.t._ to store: to amass and deposit in secret.--_v.i._
to store up: to collect and form a hoard.--_n._ HOARD'ER. [A.S. _hord_;
Ice. _hodd_, Ger. _hort_.]
HOARD, h[=o]rd, HOARDING, h[=o]rd'ing, _n._ a hurdle or fence enclosing a
house and materials while builders are at work: any boarding on which bills
are posted. [From O. Fr. _hurdis_--_hurt_, _hourt_, _hourd_, a palisade.]
HOARHOUND, HOREHOUND, h[=o]r'hownd, _n._ a plant of a whitish or downy
appearance, used as a tonic. [M. E. _horehune_--A.S. _hárhúne_, from _hár_,
hoar or white, and _húne_ (acc. to Skeat, meaning 'strong-scented'); cf. L.
_cunila_, Gr. _konil[=e]_, wild marjoram.]
HOARSE, h[=o]rs, _adj._ having a harsh, grating voice, as from a cold:
harsh: discordant.--_adv._ HOARSE'LY.--_n._ HOARSE'NESS. [A.S. _hás_; Ice.
_háss_, this prob. for _hárs_, throwing light on the M. E. _hôrs_, _hoors_,
Scot. _hairsh_, &c.]
HOAST, h[=o]st, _n._ (_prov._) a cough.--_v.i._ to cough. [Ice. _hóste_;
Dut. _hoest_.]
HOASTMAN, h[=o]st'man, _n._ a member of an old merchant guild in Newcastle,
with charge of coal-shipping, &c. [_Host_, stranger, guest.]
HOATZIN, h[=o]-at'sin, _n._ a remarkable South American bird, the same as
the Touraco (q.v.).--Also HOACT'ZIN, HOA'ZIN. [S. Amer.]
HOAX, h[=o]ks, _n._ a deceptive trick: a practical joke.--_v.t._ to
deceive: to play a trick upon for sport, or without malice.--_ns._ HOAXEE';
HOAX'ER; HOAX'ING. [Corr. of _hocus_. See HOCUS-POCUS.]
HOB, hob, _n._ the projecting nave of a wheel: a projection on the side of
a fireplace, on which anything may be laid to keep hot: a game in which
coins are placed on the end of a short stick at which stones are thrown,
those that fall head up going to the thrower--also the round stick used in
this game: a hardened threaded steel mandrel used in forming the cutting
ends of screw-chasing tools, &c.--_n._ HOB'NAIL, a nail with a thick,
strong head, used in horse-shoes, &c.: a clownish fellow.--_v.t._ to
furnish with hobnails: to trample upon with hobnailed shoes.--_adj._
HOB'NAILED. [Cf. HUB.]
HOB, hob, _n._ a clownish fellow: a rustic: a fairy.--_n._ HOB'BINOLL, a
rustic.--_adj._ HOB'BISH, clownish.--_n._ HOBGOB'LIN, a mischievous fairy:
a frightful apparition.--PLAY HOB, to make confusion. [A corr. of _Rob_ for
_Robin_, _Robert_.]
HOB-A-NOB, HOB-AND-NOB. Same as HOBNOB.
HOBBISM, hob'izm, _n._ the doctrine of Thomas _Hobbes_ (1588-1679), that
morality is an institution of society.--_n._ HOBB'IST, a follower of
Hobbes.
HOBBLE, hob'l, _v.i._ to walk with a limp: to walk awkwardly: to move
irregularly.--_v.t._ to fasten loosely the legs of: to hamper: to
perplex.--_n._ an awkward limping gait: a difficulty, a scrape: anything
used to hamper the feet of an animal, a clog or fetter.--_ns._ HOBB'LER,
one who hobbles: an unlicensed pilot, casual labourer in docks, &c.: a man
who tows a canal-boat with a rope; HOBB'LING.--_adv._ HOBB'LINGLY. [Cf.
Dut. _hobbelen_, _hobben_, to toss.]
HOBBLEDEHOY, hob'l-de-hoi', _n._ an awkward youth, a stripling, neither man
nor boy.--_adj._ HOBBLEDEHOY'ISH.--_n._ HOBBLEDEHOY'ISM. [Prob. conn. with
_hobble_, referring to awkward gait.]
HOBBLER, hob'l[.e]r, _n._ a horseman employed for light work, as
reconnoitring, &c.: a horse. [O. Fr. _hobeler_--_hobin_, a small horse.]
HOBBY, hob'i, _n._ a strong, active horse: a pacing horse: a subject on
which one is constantly setting off, as in 'to ride' or 'to mount a hobby:'
a favourite pursuit.--_n._ HOBB'Y-HORSE, a stick or figure of a horse on
which boys ride: one of the chief parts played in the ancient morris-dance:
(_Shak._) a term of contempt for a loose and frivolous person, male or
female.--_adj._ HOBB'Y-HOR'SICAL, having a hobby: eccentric.--_ns._
HOBB'YISM; HOBB'YIST, one who rides a hobby.--_adj._ HOBB'YLESS. [M. E.
_hobyn_, _hoby_, prob. _Hob_, a by-form of _Rob_. Hence also O. Fr.
_hobin_, _hobi_ (Fr. _aubin_).]
HOBBY, hob'i, _n._ a small species of falcon. [O. Fr. _hobé_, _hobet_--Low
L. _hobetus_; prob. O. Fr. _hober_, to move.]
HOBGOBLIN. See HOB (2).--_ns._ HOBGOB'LINISM; HOBGOB'LINRY.
HOBJOB, hob'job, _n._ (_prov._) an odd job.--_v.i._ to work at such.--_ns._
HOB'JOBBER; HOB'JOBBING.
HOBNAIL. See HOB (1).
HOBNOB, hob'nob, _adv._ have or not have, a familiar invitation to
drink.--_v.i._ to associate or drink together familiarly.--_pr.p._
HOBNOB'BING.--_adj._ HOB'NOBBY. [_Hab_, _nab_.]
HOBSON-JOBSON, hob'son-job'son, _n._ a native festal excitement, esp. the
Moharram ceremonies. [A corr. of the wailing 'Y[=a] Hasan! Y[=a] Hosain!' a
typical phrase of Anglo-Indian argot, hence adopted as a concise
alternative title for Yule and Burnell's admirable _Glossary of
Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases_ (Lond. 1886).]
HOCK, hok, _n._ and _v._ See HOUGH.
HOCK, hok, _n._ properly, the wine made at _Hochheim_, Germany; now applied
to all white Rhine wines.
HOCK-DAY, hok'-d[=a], _n._ an old English festival held on the second
Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday, one of the chief customs being the
seizing and binding of passengers until they gave money for their liberty,
Monday the men by the women, Tuesday the women by the men.--Also
HOCK'-TIDE.
HOCKEY, hok'i, _n._ a game at ball played with a club or stick curved at
one end, shinty.--Also HOOK'EY. [Prob. O. Fr. _hoquet_, a crook.]
HOCKEY, hok'i, _n._ (prov.) harvest-home, the harvest-supper.--Also
HAWK'EY, HORK'EY.