HOAR
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Hoar (?), a. [OE. hor, har, AS. h&ā;r; akin to Icel. h&ā;rr, and to OHG. h&ē;r illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heið brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. k&ē;tus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.] 1. White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. “Hoar waters.” Spenser.
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2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
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Whose beard with age is hoar.
Coleridge.
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Old trees with trunks all hoar.
Byron.
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3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hoar, n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
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Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages.
Burke.
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Hoar, v. t. [AS. h&ā;rian to grow gray.] To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
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