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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoary
Hoar′y
,Adj.
1.
White or whitish.
“The hoary willows.” Addison.
2.
White or gray with age; hoar;
as,
. hoary
hairsReverence the
hoary
head. Dr. T. Dwight.
3.
Hence, remote in time past;
as,
. hoary
antiquity4.
Moldy; mossy; musty.
[Obs.]
Knolles.
5.
(Zool.)
Of a pale silvery gray.
6.
(Bot.)
Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
Hoary bat
(Zool.)
, an American bat (
Atalapha cinerea
), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.Webster 1828 Edition
Hoary
HOARY
,Noun.
1.
White or gray with age; as hoary hairs; a hoary head. Reverence the hoary head.
2.
Moldy; mossy, or covered with a white pubescence.