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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoar

Hoar

,
Adj.
[OE.
hor
,
har
, AS.
hār
; akin to Icel.
hārr
, and to OHG.
hēr
illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel.
Heið
brightness of the sky, Goth.
hais
torch, Skr.
kētus
light, torch. Cf.
Hoary
.]
1.
White, or grayish white;
as,
hoar
frost;
hoar
cliffs
.
“Hoar waters.”
Spenser.
2.
Gray or white with age; hoary.
Whose beard with age is
hoar
.
Coleridge.
Old trees with trunks all
hoar
.
Byron.
3.
Musty; moldy; stale.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Hoar

,
Noun.
Hoariness; antiquity.
[R.]
Covered with the awful
hoar
of innumerable ages.
Burke.

Hoar

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
hārian
to grow gray.]
To become moldy or musty.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hoar

HOAR

, a.
1.
White; as hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
2.
Gray; white with age; hoary; as a matron grave and hoar.

HOAR

,
Noun.
Hoariness; antiquity.

HOAR

,
Verb.
I.
To become moldy or musty. [Little used.]

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