Webster's Dictionary 1913

3187

Hostess-ship

Host″ess–ship, n. The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.

3188

Hostie

Hos″tie (?), n. [F. See 1st Host.] The consecrated wafer; the host. Bp. Burnet.

3189

Hostile

Hos″tile (?), a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army.] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will ...

3190

Hostile (2)

Hos″tile, n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; — commonly in the plural. P. H. Sheridan.

3191

Hostilely

Hos″tile‐ly, adv. In a hostile manner.

3192

Hostility

Hos‐til″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Hostilities (#). [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilité.] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.Hostility being thus s...

3193

Hostilize

Hos″til‐ize (?), v. t. To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. A. Seward.

3194

Hosting

Host″ing (?), n. [From Host an army.] 1. An encounter; a battle. “Fierce hosting.” Milton.2. A muster or review. Spenser.

3195

Hostler

Hos″tler (?), n. [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF. hostelier, F. hôtelier. See Hostel, and cf. Hospitaler, Hosteler.] 1. An innkeeper. See Hosteler.2. The person who has th...

3196

Hostless

Host″less (?), a. Inhospitable. “A hostless house.” Spenser.

3197

Hostry

Host″ry (?), n. [OE. hosterie, osterie, OF. hosterie. See Host a landlord.] 1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. Marlowe.2. A stable for horses. Johnson.

3198

Hot

Hot (?), imp. & p. p. of Hote. Spenser.

3199

Hot (2)

Hot (?), a. [Compar.Hotter (?); superl.Hottest (?).] [OE. hot, hat, AS. hāt; akin to OS. hēt, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heitō...

3200

Hot blast

Hot″ blast′ (?). See under Blast.

3201

Hot bulb

{Hot bulb, Hot pot}. (Internal-combustion Engines) See Semi-diesel, below.

3202

Hot-blooded

Hot″–blood′ed (?), a. Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.

3203

Hot-brained

Hot″–brained′ (?), a. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.

3204

Hot-head

Hot″–head′ (?), n. A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.

3205

Hot-headed

Hot″–head′ed, a. Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement. Macaulay.

3206

Hot-livered

Hot″–liv′ered (?), a. Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton.

3207

Hot-mouthed

Hot″–mouthed′ (?), a. Headstrong.That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.

3208

Hot-short

Hot″–short′ (?), a.(Metal.) More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.

3209

Hot-short (2)

Hot″–short′, a. [Cf. Cold-short.] (Metal.) Brittle when heated, esp. beyond a red heat; as, hot-short iron.

3210

Hot-spirited

Hot″–spir′it‐ed (?), a. Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed.

3211

Hotbed

Hot″bed′ (?), n. 1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exot...

3212

Hotchkiss gun

Hotch″kiss gun (?) [After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.] A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which m...

3213

Hotchpot

{ Hotch″pot′ (?), Hotch″potch′ (?), } n. [F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. Se...