HOFUL
HO'FUL, adjective Careful.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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HOG
HOG, noun1. A swine; a general name of that species of animal.2. In England, a castrated sheep of a year old.3. A bullock of a year old.4. A brutal fellow; one who is mean and f...
HOGCOTE
HOG'COTE, noun [hog and cote.] A shed or house for swine; a sty.
HOGGED
HOG'GED, participle passive Scraped under water.1. Curving; having the ends lower than the middle.
HOGGEREL
HOG'GEREL, noun A sheep of the second year.A two year old ewe.
HOGGET
HOG'GET, noun A sheep two years old.1. A colt of a year old, called also hog-colt. [Local.]2. A young boar of the second year.
HOGGISH
HOG'GISH, adjective Having the qualities of a hog; brutish; gluttonous; filthy; meanly selfish.
HOGGISHLY
HOG'GISHLY, adverb In a brutish, gluttonous or filthy manner.
HOGGISHNESS
HOG'GISHNESS, noun Brutishness; voracious greediness in eating; beastly filthiness; mean selfishness.
HOGH
HOGH, noun [See High.] A hill; a cliff.
HOGHERD
HOG'HERD, noun [hog and herd.] A keeper of swine.
HOGPEN
HOG'PEN, noun [hog and pen.] A hogsty.HOG'-PLUMBTREE, noun A tree of the genus Spondias.HOG'-RINGER, noun One whose business is to put rings in the snouts of swine.
HOGS-BEANS
HOG'S-BEANS, noun A plant.
HOGS-FENNEL
HOG'S-FENNEL, noun A plant of the genus Peucedanum.
HOGS-MUSHROOMS
HOG'S-MUSHROOMS, noun A plant.
HOGSHEAD
HOGS'HEAD, noun [the English orthography is grossly corrupt.]1. A measure of capacity, containing 63 gallons.2. In America, this name is often given to a butt, a cask containing...
HOGSTY
HOG'STY, noun [hog and sty.] A pen or inclosure for hogs.
HOGWASH
HOG'WASH, noun [hog and wash.] Swill; the refuse matters of a kitchen or brewery, or like matter for swine.
HOHLSPATH
HO'HLSPATH, noun The mineral otherwise called macle, and chiastolite.
HOIDEN
HOI'DEN, noun A rude, bold girl; a romp.1. A rude, bold man. [Not used in the United States.]HOI'DEN, adjective Rude; bold; inelegant; rustic.HOI'DEN, verb intransitive To romp ...
HOIST
HOIST, verb transitive [originally hoise; but corrupted, perhaps beyond remedy.]1. To raise; to lift.We'll quickly hoist duke Humphrey from his seat.In popular language, it is a...
HOISTED
HOIST'ED, participle passive Raised; lifted; drawn up.
HOISTING
HOIST'ING, participle present tense Raising; lifting.HOITY TOITY, an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.Hoity toity, what have I to d...
HOKEDAY
HO'KEDAY, noun High day; a day of feasting and mirth, formerly held in England the second Tuesday after Easter, to commemorate the destruction of the Danes in the time of Ethelred.
HOLCAD
HOLC'AD, noun [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a large ship of burden.
HOLD
HOLD, verb transitivepreterit tense held; participle passive held. Holden is obsolete in elegant writing. [Gr. to hold or restrain; Heb. to hold or contain.]1. To stop; to confi...
HOLDBACK
HOLDBACK, noun Hinderance; restraint.