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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoard

Hoard

,
Noun.
See
Hoarding
, 2.
Smart.

Hoard

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
To
hoard
for those whom he did breed.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hoard

HOARD

,
Noun.
A store, stock or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money.

HOARD

,
Verb.
T.
To collect and lay up a large quantity of any thing; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold.
It is sometimes followed by up, but without use; as, to hoard up provisions.

HOARD

,
Verb.
I.
To collect and form a hoard; to lay up store.
Nor cared to hoard for those whom he did breed.

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