HOTCHPOT
HOTCH'POT, noun1. Properly, a mingled mass; a mixture of ingredients.2. In law, a mixing of lands. Thus lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter, shall, after the death of ...
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HOTCOCKLES
HOT'COCKLES, nounplural A play in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him, or his hand placed behind him.
HOTE
HOT, HOTE HOTEN, participle passive Called; named.
HOTEL
HOTEL', noun1. A palace.2. An inn; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. It was formerly a house for genteel strangers or lodgers, but the name is now given to any inn.
HOTEN
HOT, HOTE, HOTEN participle passive Called; named.
HOTHEADED
HOT'HEADED, adjective Of ardent passions; vehement; violent; rash.
HOTHOUSE
HOT'HOUSE, noun A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.1. A ba...
HOTLY
HOT'LY, adverb [from hot.] With heat.1. Ardently; vehemently; violently; as a stag hotly pursued.2. Lustfully.
HOTMOUTHED
HOT'MOUTHED, adjective Headstrong; ungovernable.That hotmouthed beast that bears against the curb.
HOTNESS
HOT'NESS, noun Sensible heat beyond a moderate degree or warmth.1. Violence; vehemence; fury.
HOTSPUR
HOT'SPUR, noun [hot and spur.] A man violent, passionate, heady, rash or precipitate.1. A kind of pea of early growth.HOT'SPUR, adjective Violent; impetuous.
HOTSPURRED
HOT'SPURRED, adjective Vehement; rash; heady; headstrong.
HOTTENTOT
HOT'TENTOT, noun A native of the southern extremity of Africa.1. A savage brutal man.
HOTTENTOT-CHERRY
HOTTENTOT-CHERRY, noun A plant. [See Cherry.]
HOUGH
HOUGH, noun hok.1. The lower part of the thigh; the ham; the joint of the hind leg of a beast that connects the thigh with the leg.2. An adz; a hoe. [Not in use.]HOUGH, verb tra...
HOULET
HOUL'ET, noun An owl. [See Howlet.]
HOULT
HOULT, noun [See Holt.]
HOUND
HOUND, noun [Latin canis.] A generic name of the dog; but in English it is confined to a particular breed or variety, used in the chase. It has long, smooth, pendulous ears.HOUN...
HOUNDFISH
HOUND'FISH, noun A fish, called also Galeus laevis, with a long round body, and ash-colored sides and back.A species of shark, the Squalus mustelus.
HOUNDS
HOUNDS, noun In seamen's language, the projecting parts of the head of a mast.HOUND'S TONGUE, noun A plant of the genus Cynoglossum.
HOUNDTREE
HOUND'TREE, noun A kind of tree.
HOUP
HOUP. [See Hoopoo.]
HOUR
HOUR, noun our. [Latin hora; also Latin tempestivus, from tempus. See Time. But hour hora, afterward came to signify a certain portion or division of the day. This has been diff...
HOURGLASS
HOUR'GLASS, noun our'glass. A chronometer that measures the flux of time by the running of sand from one glass vessel to another, through a small aperture. Instead of sand, dry ...
HOURHAND
HOUR'HAND, noun The hand or pointed pin which shows the hour on a chronometer.
HOURI
HOU'RI, noun Among Mohammedans, a nymph of paradise.
HOURLY
HOUR'LY, adjective our'ly. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated.Observe the waning moon with hourly view.1. Continual.We must live in h...