HOLYDAY — HOOPING-COUGH

HOLYDAY — HOOPING-COUGH NWAD HOLYDAY.1

HOLYDAY, n. A day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare of a nation; particularly an anniversary festival, devoted to religious solemnities; as christmas holydays. NWAD HOLYDAY.1

1. A day of joy and gayety. NWAD HOLYDAY.2

2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement. NWAD HOLYDAY.3

HOLYDAY, a. Pertaining to a festival; as a holyday suit of clothes. NWAD HOLYDAY.4

HOLY-ONE, n. An appellation of the Supreme Being, by way of emphasis. NWAD HOLY-ONE.1

1. An appellation of Christ. Isaiah 43:3, 14-15. NWAD HOLY-ONE.2

2. One separated to the service of God. Deuteronomy 33:8. NWAD HOLY-ONE.3

HOLY-ROOD DAY, n. A festival observed by Roman Catholics in memory of the exaltation of our Savior’s cross. NWAD HOLY-ROOD_DAY.1

HOLY SPIRIT [See Spirit.] NWAD HOLY_SPIRIT.1

HOLY-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Cnicus. NWAD HOLY-THISTLE.1

The blessed thistle, Centaurea benedicta. NWAD HOLY-THISTLE.2

HOLY-THURSDAY, n. The day on which the ascension of our Savior is commemorated, ten days before Whitsuntide. NWAD HOLY-THURSDAY.1

HOLY-WEEK, n. The week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. NWAD HOLY-WEEK.1

HOMAGE, n. [L. homo, man.] NWAD HOMAGE.1

1. In feudal law, the submission, loyalty and service which a tenant promised to his lord or superior, when first admitted to the land which he held of him in fee; or rather the act of the tenant in making this submission, on being invested with the fee. The ceremony of doing homage was thus performed. The tenant, being ungirt and uncovered, kneeled and held up both his hands between those of the lord, who sat before him, and there professed that “he did become his man, from that day forth, of life and limb and earthly honor,” and then received a kiss from his lord. NWAD HOMAGE.2

2. Obeisance; respect paid by external action. NWAD HOMAGE.3

Go, go, with homage yon proud victors meet. NWAD HOMAGE.4

3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. NWAD HOMAGE.5

HOMAGE, v.t. To pay respect to by external action; to give reverence to; to profess fealty. NWAD HOMAGE.6

HOMAGEABLE, a. Subject to homage. NWAD HOMAGEABLE.1

HOMAGER, n. One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage.‘s Pyrophorus, ignited muriate of lime. NWAD HOMAGER.1

HOME, n. [Gr. a house, a close place, or place or rest.] NWAD HOME.1

1. A dwelling house; the house or place in which one resides. He was not at home. NWAD HOME.2

Then the disciples went away again to their own home. John 20:10. NWAD HOME.3

Home is the sacred refuge of our life. NWAD HOME.4

2. One’s own country. Let affairs at home be well managed by the administration. NWAD HOME.5

3. The place of constant residence; the seat. NWAD HOME.6

Flandria, by plenty, made the home of war. NWAD HOME.7

4. The grave; death; or a future state. NWAD HOME.8

Man goeth to his long home. Ecclesiastes 12:5. NWAD HOME.9

5. The present state of existence. NWAD HOME.10

Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:6. NWAD HOME.11

HOME, a. Close; severe; poignant; as a home thrust. NWAD HOME.12

HOME, adv. [This is merely elliptical; to being omitted.] NWAD HOME.13

1. To one’s own habitation; as in the phrases, go home, come home, bring home, carry home. NWAD HOME.14

2. To one’s own country. Home is opposed to abroad, or in a foreign country. My brother will return home in the first ship from India. NWAD HOME.15

3. Close; closely; to the point; as, this consideration comes home to our interest, that is, it nearly affects it. Drive the nail home, that is, drive it close. NWAD HOME.16

To haul home the top-sail sheets, in seamen’s language, is to draw the bottom of the top-sail close to the yard-arm by means of the sheets. NWAD HOME.17

An anchor is said to come home, when it loosens from the ground by the violence of the wind or current, etc. NWAD HOME.18

HOMEBORN, a. Native; natural. NWAD HOMEBORN.1

1. Domestic; not foreign. NWAD HOMEBORN.2

HOMEBRED, a. Native; natural; as homebred lusts. NWAD HOMEBRED.1

1. Domestic; originating at home; not foreign; as homebred evil. NWAD HOMEBRED.2

2. Plain, rude; artless; uncultivated; not polished by travel. NWAD HOMEBRED.3

Only to me two homebred youths belong. NWAD HOMEBRED.4

HOMEFELT, a. Felt in one’s own breast; inward; private; as homefelt joys or delight. NWAD HOMEFELT.1

HOMEKEEPING, a. Staying at home. NWAD HOMEKEEPING.1

HOMELESS, a. Destitute of a home. NWAD HOMELESS.1

HOMELINESS, n. [from homely.] Plainness of features; want of beauty. It expresses less than ugliness. NWAD HOMELINESS.1

1. Rudeness; coarseness; as the homeliness of dress or of sentiments. NWAD HOMELINESS.2

HOMELOT, n. An inclosure on or near which the mansion house stands. NWAD HOMELOT.1

HOMELY, a. [from home.] Of plain features; not handsome; as a homely face. It expresses less than ugly. NWAD HOMELY.1

Let time, which makes you homely, make you wise. NWAD HOMELY.2

1. Plain, like that which is made for common domestic use; rude; coarse; not fine or elegant; as a homely garment; a homely house; homely are. NWAD HOMELY.3

Now Strephon daily entertains NWAD HOMELY.4

His Chloe in the homeliest strains. NWAD HOMELY.5

HOMELY, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as homely dressed. [Little used.] NWAD HOMELY.6

HOMELYN, n. A fish. NWAD HOMELYN.1

HOMEMADE, a. Made at home; being of domestic manufacture; made either in private families, or in one’s own country. NWAD HOMEMADE.1

HOMER, OMER, CHOMER, n. A Hebrew measure containing the tenth part of an epha, or about six pints. NWAD HOMER.1

HOMERIC, a. Pertaining to Homer, the great poet of Greece, or to his poetry; resembling Homer’s verse. NWAD HOMERIC.1

HOMESPEAKING, n. Forcible and efficacious speaking. NWAD HOMESPEAKING.1

HOMESPUN, a. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture. NWAD HOMESPUN.1

1. Not made in foreign countries. NWAD HOMESPUN.2

2. Plain; coarse; rude; homely; not elegant; as a homespun English proverb; a homespun author. NWAD HOMESPUN.3

HOMESPUN, n. A coarse, unpolished, rustic person. NWAD HOMESPUN.4

HOMESTALL, HOMESTEAD, n. The place of a mansion house; the inclosure or ground immediately connected with the mansion. NWAD HOMESTALL.1

1. Native seat; original station or place of residence. NWAD HOMESTALL.2

We can trace them back to a homestead on the rivers Volga and Ural. [In the U. States, homestead is the word used.] NWAD HOMESTALL.3

HOMEWARD, HOMEWARDS, adv. Toward home; toward one’s habitation, or toward one’s native country. NWAD HOMEWARD.1

HOMEWARD-BOUND, a. Destined for home; returning from a foreign country to the place where the owner resides; as the homeward-bound fleet. We spoke a brig homeward-bound. NWAD HOMEWARD-BOUND.1

HOMICIDAL, a. [from homicide.] Pertaining to homicide; murderous bloody. NWAD HOMICIDAL.1

HOMICIDE, n. [L. homicidium; homo, man, and caedo, to strike, to kill.] NWAD HOMICIDE.1

1. The killing of one man or human being by another. Homicide is of three kinds, justifiable, excusable, and felonious; justifiable, when it proceeds from unavoidable necessity, without an intention to kill, and without negligence; excusable, when it happens from misadventure, or in self-defense; felonious, when it proceeds from malice, or is done in the prosecution of some unlawful act, or in a sudden passion. Homicide committed with premeditated malice, is murder. Suicide also, or self-murder, is felonious homicide. Homicide comprehends murder and manslaughter. NWAD HOMICIDE.2

1. A person who kills another; a manslayer. NWAD HOMICIDE.3

HOMILETIC, HOMILETICAL, a. [Gr. to converse in company.] NWAD HOMILETIC.1

1. Pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; conversable; companionable. NWAD HOMILETIC.2

2. Homiletic theology, a branch of practical theology, which teaches the manner in which ministers of the gospel should adapt their discourses to the capacities of their hearers, and pursue the best methods of instructing them by their doctrines and examples. It is also called pastoral theology. NWAD HOMILETIC.3

HOMILIST, n. One that preaches to a congregation. NWAD HOMILIST.1

HOMILY, n. [Gr. to converse in company, a company or assembly.] NWAD HOMILY.1

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; or a plain, familiar discourse on some subject of religion, such as an instructor would deliver to his pupils, or a father to his children. NWAD HOMILY.2

HOMMOC, n. [I suppose this to be an Indian word.] NWAD HOMMOC.1

A hillock or small eminence of a conical form, sometimes covered with trees. NWAD HOMMOC.2

HOMMONY, n. [Indian.] In America, maiz hulled and broken, but coarse, prepared for food by being mixed with water and boiled. NWAD HOMMONY.1

HOMOGENEAL, HOMOGENEOUS, a. [Gr. like, and kind.] Of the same kind or nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature. Thus we say, homogeneous particles, elements or principles; homogeneous bodies. NWAD HOMOGENEAL.1

HOMOGENEALNESS, HOMOGENEITY, Words not to be encouraged; equivalent to. NWAD HOMOGENEALNESS.1

HOMOGENEOUSNESS, n. Sameness of kind or nature. NWAD HOMOGENEOUSNESS.1

HOMOGENY, n. Joint nature. NWAD HOMOGENY.1

HOMOLOGATE, v.t. [Gr. like, and to speak.] To approve; to allow. NWAD HOMOLOGATE.1

HOMOLOGOUS, a. [Gr. similar, and proportion.] Proportional to each other; a term in geometry, applied to the corresponding sides and angles of similar figures; as, homologous angles. NWAD HOMOLOGOUS.1

HOMONYMOUS, a. [Gr. like, and name.] Equivocal; ambiguous; that has different significations, or may be applied to different things. NWAD HOMONYMOUS.1

HOMONYMOUSLY, adv. In an equivocal manner. NWAD HOMONYMOUSLY.1

HOMONYMY, n. [Gr. See supra.] Ambiguity; equivocation. NWAD HOMONYMY.1

HOMOPHONY, n. [Gr. like, sound.] Likeness of sound. Among the Greeks, a kind of music performed in unison, in opposition to antiphony. NWAD HOMOPHONY.1

HOMOTONOUS, a. [Gr. like, and tone.] Equable; of the same tenor; applied to diseases which have a uniform tenor of rise, state, or declension. NWAD HOMOTONOUS.1

HONE, n. A stone of a fine grit, used for sharpening instruments that require a fine edge, and particularly for setting razors. [We never, I believe, call a hone, a whet-stone. The latter is a stone of coarse grit. See the word.] NWAD HONE.1

HONE, v.t. To rub and sharpen on a bone; as, to hone a razor. NWAD HONE.2

HONE, v.i. To pine; to long. NWAD HONE.3

HONE-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Sison. NWAD HONE-WORT.1

HONEST, a. on’est. [L. honestus, from honos, honor.] NWAD HONEST.1

1. Upright; just; fair in dealing with others; free from trickishness and fraud; acting and having the disposition to act at all times according to justice or correct moral principles; applied to persons. NWAD HONEST.2

An honest man’s the noblest work of God. NWAD HONEST.3

An honest physician leaves his patient, when he can contribute no farther to his health. NWAD HONEST.4

2. Fair; just; equitable; free from fraud; as an honest transaction; an honest transfer of property. NWAD HONEST.5

3. Frank; sincere; unreserved; according to truth; as an honest confession. NWAD HONEST.6

4. Sincere; proceeding from pure or just principles, or directed to a good object; as an honest inquiry after truth; an honest endeavor; honest views or motives. NWAD HONEST.7

5. Fair; good; unimpeached. NWAD HONEST.8

Seek seven men of honest report. Acts 6:3. NWAD HONEST.9

6. Decent; honorable; or suitable. NWAD HONEST.10

Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Romans 12:17. NWAD HONEST.11

7. Chaste; faithful. NWAD HONEST.12

Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. NWAD HONEST.13

HONEST, v.t. on’est. To adorn; to grace. [Not used.] NWAD HONEST.14

HONESTATION, n. Adornment; grace. [Not used.] NWAD HONESTATION.1

HONESTLY, adv. on’estly. Uprightly; justly; with integrity and fairness; as a contract honestly made. NWAD HONESTLY.1

1. With frank sincerity; without fraud or disguise; according to truth; as, to confess honestly one’s real design. NWAD HONESTLY.2

2. By upright means; with upright conduct; as, to live honestly. NWAD HONESTLY.3

3. Chastely; with conjugal loyalty and fidelity. NWAD HONESTLY.4

HONESTY, n. on’esty. [L. honestas.] NWAD HONESTY.1

1. In principle, an upright disposition; moral rectitude of heart; a disposition to conform to justice and correct moral principles, in all social transactions. In fact, upright conduct; an actual conformity to justice and moral rectitude. NWAD HONESTY.2

2. Fairness; candor; truth; as the honesty of a narrative. NWAD HONESTY.3

3. Frank sincerity. NWAD HONESTY.4

Honesty is chiefly applicable to social transactions, or mutual dealings in the exchange of property. NWAD HONESTY.5

HONEY, n. hun’y. NWAD HONEY.1

1. A sweet vegetable juice, collected by bees from the flowers of plants, and deposited in cells of the comb in hives. Honey, when pure, is of a moderate consistence, of a whitish color, tinged with yellow, sweet to the taste, of an agreeable smell, soluble in water, and becoming vinous by fermentation. In medicine, it is useful as a detergent and aperient. It is supposed to consist of sugar, mucilage, and an acid. NWAD HONEY.2

2. Sweetness; lusciousness. NWAD HONEY.3

The king hath found NWAD HONEY.4

Matter against him, that forever mars NWAD HONEY.5

The honey of his language. NWAD HONEY.6

3. A word of tenderness; sweetness; sweet one. NWAD HONEY.7

HONEY, v.t. To talk fondly. [Little used.] NWAD HONEY.8

1. To sweeten. NWAD HONEY.9

HONEY-BAG, n. The stomach of a honey-bee. NWAD HONEY-BAG.1

HONEY-COMB, n. A substance of a firm, close texture, formed by bees into hexagonal cells for repositories of honey, and for the eggs which produce their young. NWAD HONEY-COMB.1

HONEY-COMBED, a. Having little flaws or cells. NWAD HONEY-COMBED.1

HONEY-DEW, n. A sweet saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops like dew. It is said there are two species; one secreted from the plants, and the other deposited by a small insect called the aphis, or vine-fretter. Bees and ants are said to be fond of honey-dew. NWAD HONEY-DEW.1

HONEYED, a. Covered with honey. NWAD HONEYED.1

1. Sweet; as honeyed words. NWAD HONEYED.2

HONEY-FLOWER, n. A plant of the genus Melianthus. NWAD HONEY-FLOWER.1

HONEY-GNAT, n. An insect. NWAD HONEY-GNAT.1

HONEY-GUIDE, n. A species of Cuckoo, found in Africa, which will conduct persons to hives of wild honey. NWAD HONEY-GUIDE.1

HONEY-HARVEST, n. Honey collected. NWAD HONEY-HARVEST.1

HONEYLESS, a. Destitute of honey. NWAD HONEYLESS.1

HONEY-LOCUST, n. A plant, the three-thorned Acacia, of the genus Gleditsia. NWAD HONEY-LOCUST.1

HONEY-MOON, HONEY-MONTH, n. The first month after marriage. NWAD HONEY-MOON.1

HONEY-MOUTHED, a. Soft or smooth in speech. NWAD HONEY-MOUTHED.1

HONEY-STALK, n. Clover-flower. NWAD HONEY-STALK.1

HONEY-STONE, n. [See Mellite.] NWAD HONEY-STONE.1

HONEY-SUCKLE, n. A genus of plants, the Lonicera, of many species, one of which is called woodbine. NWAD HONEY-SUCKLE.1

HONEY-SWEET, a. Sweet as honey. NWAD HONEY-SWEET.1

HONEY-TONGUED, a. Using soft speech. NWAD HONEY-TONGUED.1

HONEY-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Cerinthe. NWAD HONEY-WORT.1

HONIED, a. [See Honeyed.] NWAD HONIED.1

HONOR, n. on’or. [L. honor, honos.] NWAD HONOR.1

1. The esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation. NWAD HONOR.2

A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country. Matthew 13:57. NWAD HONOR.3

2. A testimony of esteem; any expression of respect or of high estimation by words or actions; as the honors of war; military honors; funeral honors; civil honors. NWAD HONOR.4

3. Dignity; exalted rank or place; distinction. NWAD HONOR.5

I have given thee riches and honor. 1 Kings 3:13. NWAD HONOR.6

Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. Psalm 104:1. NWAD HONOR.7

In doing a good thing, there is both honor and pleasure. NWAD HONOR.8

4. Reverence; veneration; or any act by which reverence and submission are expressed, as worship paid to the Supreme Being. NWAD HONOR.9

5. Reputation; good name; as, his honor is unsullied. NWAD HONOR.10

6. True nobleness of mind; magnanimity; dignified respect for character, springing from probity, principle or moral rectitude; a distinguishing trait in the character of good men. NWAD HONOR.11

7. An assumed appearance of nobleness; scorn of meanness, springing from the fear of reproach, without regard to principle; as, shall I violate my trust? Forbid it, honor. NWAD HONOR.12

8. Any particular virtue much valued; as bravery in men, and chastity in females. NWAD HONOR.13

9. Dignity of mien; noble appearance. NWAD HONOR.14

Godlike erect, with native honor clad. NWAD HONOR.15

10. That which honors; he or that which confers dignity; as, the chancellor is an honor to his profession. NWAD HONOR.16

11. Privileges of rank or birth; in the plural. NWAD HONOR.17

Restore me to my honors. NWAD HONOR.18

12. Civilities paid. NWAD HONOR.19

Then here a slave, or if you will, a lord, NWAD HONOR.20

To do the honors, and to give the word. NWAD HONOR.21

13. That which adorns; ornament; decoration. NWAD HONOR.22

The sire then shook the honors of his head. NWAD HONOR.23

14. A noble kind of seignory or lordship, held of the king in capite. NWAD HONOR.24

On or upon my honor, words accompanying a declaration which pledge one’s honor or reputation for the truth of it. The members of the house of lords in Great Britain are not under oath, but give their opinions on their honor. NWAD HONOR.25

Laws of honor, among persons of fashion, signify certain rules by which their social intercourse is regulated, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. These laws require a punctilious attention to decorum in external deportment, but admit of the foulest violations of moral duty. NWAD HONOR.26

Court of honor, a court of chivalry; a court of civil and criminal jurisdiction, having power to redress injuries of honor, and to hold pleas respecting matters of arms and deeds of war. NWAD HONOR.27

HONOR, v.t. on’or. [L. honoro.] NWAD HONOR.28

1. To revere; to respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties to. NWAD HONOR.29

Honor thy father and thy mother. Exodus 20:12. NWAD HONOR.30

2. To reverence; to manifest the highest veneration for, in words and actions; to entertain the most exalted thoughts of; to worship; to adore. NWAD HONOR.31

That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. John 5:23. NWAD HONOR.32

3. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to elevate in rank or station; to exalt. Men are sometimes honored with titles and offices, which they do not merit. NWAD HONOR.33

Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor. Esther 6:9. NWAD HONOR.34

4. To glorify; to render illustrious. NWAD HONOR.35

I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host. Exodus 14:4. NWAD HONOR.36

5. To treat with due civility and respect in the ordinary intercourse of life. The troops honored the governor with a salute. NWAD HONOR.37

6. In commerce, to accept and pay when due; as, to honor a bill of exchange. NWAD HONOR.38

HONORABLE, a. [L. honorabilis.] NWAD HONORABLE.1

1. Holding a distinguished rank in society; illustrious or noble. NWAD HONORABLE.2

Sheehem was more honorable than all the house of his father. Genesis 34:19. NWAD HONORABLE.3

Many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks--not a few. Acts 17:12. NWAD HONORABLE.4

2. Possessing a high mind; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude or reputation. He is an honorable man. NWAD HONORABLE.5

3. Conferring honor, or procured by noble deeds; as honorable wounds. NWAD HONORABLE.6

4. Consistent with honor or reputation. It is not honorable to oppress the weak, or to insult the vanquished. NWAD HONORABLE.7

5. Respected; worthy of respect; regarded with esteem. NWAD HONORABLE.8

Marriage is honorable in all. Hebrews 13:4. NWAD HONORABLE.9

6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; as an honorable burial. NWAD HONORABLE.10

7. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; not reproachful; as an honorable motive. Nothing can be honorable which is immoral. NWAD HONORABLE.11

8. Not to be disgraced. NWAD HONORABLE.12

Let her descend; my chambers are honorable. NWAD HONORABLE.13

9. Honest; without hypocrisy or deceit; fair. NWAD HONORABLE.14

His intentions appear to be honorable. NWAD HONORABLE.15

10. An epithet of respect or distinction; as the honorable senate; the honorable gentleman. NWAD HONORABLE.16

11. Becoming men of rank and character, or suited to support men in a station of dignity; as an honorable salary. NWAD HONORABLE.17

HONORABLENESS, n. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. NWAD HONORABLENESS.1

1. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity or moral rectitude; fairness; applied to disposition or to conduct. NWAD HONORABLENESS.2

HONORABLY, adv. With tokens of honor or respect. The man was honorably received at court. NWAD HONORABLY.1

1. Magnanimously; generously; with a noble spirit or purpose. The prince honorably interposed to prevent a rupture between the nations. NWAD HONORABLY.2

2. Reputably; without reproach. NWAD HONORABLY.3

Why did I not more honorably starve? NWAD HONORABLY.4

HONORARY, a. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor; as an honorary degree; an honorary crown. NWAD HONORARY.1

1. Possessing a title or place without performing services or receiving a reward; as an honorary member of a society. NWAD HONORARY.2

HONORARY, n. A lawyer’s fee. NWAD HONORARY.3

1. The salary of a professor in any art or science. NWAD HONORARY.4

HONORED, pp. Respected; revered; reverenced; elevated to rank or office; dignified; exalted; glorified; accepted and paid, as a bill of exchange. NWAD HONORED.1

HONORER, n. One that honors; one that reveres, reverences or regards with respect. NWAD HONORER.1

1. One who exalts, or who confers honors. NWAD HONORER.2

HONORING, ppr. Respecting highly; reverencing; exalting; dignifying; conferring marks of esteem; accepting and paying, as a bill. NWAD HONORING.1

HONORLESS, a. Destitute of honor; not honored. NWAD HONORLESS.1

HOOD. [L. fraternitas.] NWAD HOOD.1

HOOD, n. NWAD HOOD.2

1. A covering for the head used by females, and deeper than a bonnet. NWAD HOOD.3

2. A covering for the head and shoulders used by monks; a cowl. NWAD HOOD.4

3. A covering for a hawk’s head or eyes; used in falconry. NWAD HOOD.5

4. Any thing to be drawn over the head to cover it. NWAD HOOD.6

5. An ornamental fold that hangs down the back of a graduate to mark his degree. NWAD HOOD.7

6. A low wooden porch over the ladder which leads to the steerage of a ship; the upper part of a galley-chimney; the cover of a pump. NWAD HOOD.8

HOOD, v.t. To dress in a hood or cowl; to put on a hood. NWAD HOOD.9

The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. NWAD HOOD.10

1. To cover; to blind. NWAD HOOD.11

I’ll hood my eyes. NWAD HOOD.12

2. To cover. NWAD HOOD.13

And hood the flames. NWAD HOOD.14

HOODMAN BLIND, n. A play in which a person blinded is to catch another and tell his name; blindman’s bluff. NWAD HOODMAN_BLIND.1

HOODED, pp. Covered with a hood; blinded. NWAD HOODED.1

HOOD-WINK, v.t. [hood and wink.] To blind by covering the eyes. NWAD HOOD-WINK.1

We will blind and hood-wink him. NWAD HOOD-WINK.2

1. To cover; to hide. NWAD HOOD-WINK.3

For the prize I’ll bring thee to, NWAD HOOD-WINK.4

Shall hood-wink this mischance. NWAD HOOD-WINK.5

2. To deceive by external appearances of disguise; to impose on. NWAD HOOD-WINK.6

HOOD-WINKED, pp. Blinded; deceived. NWAD HOOD-WINKED.1

HOOD-WINKING, ppr. Blinding the eyes; covering; hiding; deceiving. NWAD HOOD-WINKING.1

HOOF, n. NWAD HOOF.1

1. The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, etc. NWAD HOOF.2

2. An animal; a beast. NWAD HOOF.3

He had not a single hoof of any kind to slaughter. NWAD HOOF.4

HOOF, v.i. To walk, as cattle. [Little used.] NWAD HOOF.5

HOOF-BOUND, a. A horse is said to be hoof-bound when he has a pain in the fore-feet, occasioned by the dryness and contraction of the horn of the quarters, which straightens the quarters of the heels, and often makes him lame. NWAD HOOF-BOUND.1

HOOFED, a. Furnished with of hoofs. NWAD HOOFED.1

Of all the hoofed quadrupeds, the horse is the most beautiful. NWAD HOOFED.2

HOOK, n. NWAD HOOK.1

1. A piece of iron or other metal bent into a curve for catching, holding and sustaining any thing; as a hook for catching fish; a teeter-hook; a chimney-hook; a pot-hook, etc. NWAD HOOK.2

2. A snare; a trap. NWAD HOOK.3

3. A curving instrument for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping. NWAD HOOK.4

4. That part of a hinge which is fixed or inserted in a post. Whence the phrase, to be off the hooks, to be unhinged, to be disturbed or disordered. NWAD HOOK.5

5. A forked timber in a ship, placed on the keel. NWAD HOOK.6

6. A catch; an advantage. [Vulgar.] NWAD HOOK.7

7. In husbandry, a field sown two years running. [Local.] NWAD HOOK.8

By hook and by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. NWAD HOOK.9

HOOK, v.t. To catch with a hook; as, to hook a fish. NWAD HOOK.10

1. To seize and draw, as with a hook. NWAD HOOK.11

2. To fasten with a hook. NWAD HOOK.12

3. To entrap; to ensnare. NWAD HOOK.13

4. To draw by force or artifice. NWAD HOOK.14

To hook on, to apply a hook. NWAD HOOK.15

HOOK, v.i. To bend; to be curving. NWAD HOOK.16

HOOKED, a. Bent into the form of a hook; curvated. The claws of a beast are hooked. NWAD HOOKED.1

1. Bent; curvated; aquiline; as a hooked nose. NWAD HOOKED.2

HOOKED, pp. Caught with a hook; fastened with a hook. NWAD HOOKED.3

HOOKEDNESS, n. A state of being bent like a hook. NWAD HOOKEDNESS.1

HOOKING, ppr. Catching with a hook; fastening with a hook. NWAD HOOKING.1

HOOKNOSED, a. Having a curvated or aquiline nose. NWAD HOOKNOSED.1

HOOKY, a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks. NWAD HOOKY.1

HOOP, n. A band of wood or metal used to confine the staves of casks, tubs, etc. or for other similar purposes. Wooden hoops are usually made by splitting an oak or hickory sapling into two parts; but sometimes they are made of thin splints and of other species of wood. NWAD HOOP.1

1. A piece of whalebone in the form of a circle or ellipsis, used formerly by females to extend their petticoats; a farthingale. NWAD HOOP.2

2. Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular. NWAD HOOP.3

HOOP, v.t. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. NWAD HOOP.4

1. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. NWAD HOOP.5

HOOP, v.i. to shout; to utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit. NWAD HOOP.6

HOOP, v.t. To drive with a shout or outcry. NWAD HOOP.7

1. To call by a shout or hoop. NWAD HOOP.8

HOOP, n. A shout; also, a measure, equal to a peck. NWAD HOOP.9

1. The hoopoe. NWAD HOOP.10