Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HOBBLEDEHOY

HOB'BLEDEHOY, noun A cant phrase for a boy at the age of puberty.

1325

HOBBLER

HOB'BLER, noun One that hobbles.HOB'BLER, noun [from hobby.] One who by his tenure was to maintain a hobby for military service; or one who served as a soldier on a hobby with l...

1326

HOBBLING

HOB'BLING, participle present tense Walking with a halting or interrupted step.

1327

HOBBLINGLY

HOB'BLINGLY, adverb With a limping or interrupted step.

1328

HOBBY

HOB'BY, noun A kind of hawk; a hawk of the lure.HOB'BY, noun1. A strong active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; a nag; a pacing horse; a garra...

1329

HOBBYHORSE

HOB'BYHORSE, noun [tautological.] A hobby; a wooden horse on which boys ride.1. A character in the old May games.2. A stupid or foolish person.3. The favorite object of pursuit.

1330

HOBGOBLIN

HOB'GOBLIN, noun A fairy; a frightful apparition.

1331

HOBIT

HO'BIT, noun A small mortar, or short gun for throwing bombs. [See Howitzer, the common orthography.]

1332

HOBLIKE

HOB'LIKE, adjective Clownish; boorish.

1333

HOBNAIL

HOB'NAIL, noun A nail with a thick strong head, for shoeing horses.1. A clownish person; in contempt.

1334

HOBNAILED

HOB'NAILED, adjective Set with hobnails; rough.

1335

HOBNOB

HOB'NOB, adverb Take, or not take; a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.Hobson's choice, a vulgar proverbial expression, denoting without an alternative. It is said to h...

1336

HOBOY

HOBOY. [See Hautboy.]

1337

HOCK

HOCK, noun The joint of an animal between the knee and the fetlock.1. A part of the thigh.HOCK

1338

HOCKDAY

HOCK'DAYHOCK'EY, noun Harvest-home. [Not used.]

1339

HOCKEY

HOCK'EY, n. Harvest-home. [Not used.]

1340

HOCKHERB

HOCK'HERB, noun A plant, the mallows.HOCK'LE, verb transitive To hamstring.1. To mow.HOCUS POCUS, adjective A juggler; a juggler's trick; a cheat used by conjurers.

1341

HOCKLE

HOCK'LE, verb transitive To hamstring; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.HOCK, noun A sort of Rhenish wine; sometimes called hockamore.

1342

HOCUSPOCUS

HOCUSPOCUS, verb transitive To cheat.

1343

HOD

HOD, noun A kind of tray for carrying mortar and brick, used in bricklaying. It is fitted with a handle and borne on the shoulder.

1344

HODDY-DODDY

HOD'DY-DODDY, noun An awkward or foolish person.

1345

HODGE-PODGE

HODGE-PODGEHODIERN'AL, adjective [Latin hodiernus, from hodie, hoc die, this day.]Of this day; belonging to the present day.

1346

HODMAN

HOD'MAN, noun A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.

1347

HODMANDOD

HOD'MANDOD, noun A shell-fish, otherwise called dodman.1. A shell-snail.

1348

HOE

HOE, noun ho. A farmer's instrument for cutting up weeds and loosening the earth in fields and gardens. It is in shape something like an adz, being a plate of iron, with an eye ...

1349

HOED

HO'ED, participle passive Cleared from weeds, or loosened by the hoe.

1350

HOEING

HO'EING, participle present tense Cutting, scraping or digging with a hoe.1. Clearing of weeds with a hoe.