HOOPOE — HORSECRAB

HOOPOE — HORSECRAB NWAD HOOPOE.1

HOOPOE, HOOPOO, n. [L. upupa, epops.] A bird of the genus Upupa, whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. NWAD HOOPOE.1

HOORA, HOORAW, exclam. A shout of joy or exultation. [This is the genuine English word, for which we find in books most absurdly written, huzza, a foreign word never or rarely used.] NWAD HOORA.1

HOOT, v.i. NWAD HOOT.1

1. To cry out or shout in contempt. NWAD HOOT.2

Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. NWAD HOOT.3

2. To cry, as an owl. NWAD HOOT.4

The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots. NWAD HOOT.5

HOOT, v.t. To drive with cries or shouts uttered in contempt. NWAD HOOT.6

Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. NWAD HOOT.7

HOOT, n. A cry or shout in contempt. NWAD HOOT.8

HOOTING, n. A shouting; clamor. NWAD HOOTING.1

HOP, v.i. NWAD HOP.1

1. To leap, or spring on one leg; applied to persons. NWAD HOP.2

2. To leap; to spring forward by leaps; to skip, as birds. NWAD HOP.3

Hopping from spray to spray. NWAD HOP.4

3. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. [We generally use hobble.] NWAD HOP.5

4. To move by leaps or starts, as the blood in the veins. [Not used.] NWAD HOP.6

5. To spring; to leap; to frisk about. NWAD HOP.7

6. To dance. NWAD HOP.8

HOP, n. A leap on one leg; a leap; a jump; a spring. NWAD HOP.9

1. A dance. NWAD HOP.10

HOP, n. A plant constituting the genus Humulus. The stalk or vine, which grows to a great length, is weak and requires to be supported. In growing, it climbs or winds round a pole or other support. This plant is of great importance in brewing, as it tends to preserve malt liquors, and renders them more aperient, diuretic and salubrious. NWAD HOP.11

HOP, v.t. To impregnate with hops. NWAD HOP.12

HOPBIND, n. The stalk or vine on which hops grow. NWAD HOPBIND.1

HOPOAST, n. In Kent, a kiln for drying hops. NWAD HOPOAST.1

HOPPOLE, n. A pole used to support hops. NWAD HOPPOLE.1

HOP-PICKER, n. One that picks hops. NWAD HOP-PICKER.1

HOPVINE, n. The stalk of hops. NWAD HOPVINE.1

HOP-YARD, HOP-GARDEN, n. A field or inclosure where hops are raised. NWAD HOP-YARD.1

HOPE, n. [L. cupio.] NWAD HOPE.1

1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. Hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety. NWAD HOPE.2

The hypocrite’s hope shall perish. Job 8:13. NWAD HOPE.3

He wish’ed, but not with hope-- NWAD HOPE.4

Sweet hope! kind cheat! NWAD HOPE.5

He that lives upon hope, will die fasting. NWAD HOPE.6

2. Confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God’s gracious promises; a scriptural sense. NWAD HOPE.7

A well founded scriptural hope, is, in our religion, the source of ineffable happiness. NWAD HOPE.8

3. That which gives hope; he or that which furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. The hope of Israel is the Messiah. NWAD HOPE.9

The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel 3:16. NWAD HOPE.10

4. An opinion or belief not amounting to certainty, but grounded on substantial evidence. The christian indulges a hope, that his sins are pardoned. NWAD HOPE.11

HOPE, v.i. NWAD HOPE.12

1. To cherish a desire of food, with some expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. NWAD HOPE.13

Hope for good success. NWAD HOPE.14

Be sober and hope to the end. 1 Peter 1:13. NWAD HOPE.15

Hope humbly then, with trembling pinions soar. NWAD HOPE.16

2. To place confidence in; to trust in with confident expectation of good. NWAD HOPE.17

Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Psalm 43:5. NWAD HOPE.18

HOPE, v.t. To desire with expectation of good, or a belief that it may be obtained. But as a transitive verb, it is seldom used, and the phrases in which it is so used are elliptical, for being understood. NWAD HOPE.19

So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear, NWAD HOPE.20

Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear. NWAD HOPE.21

HOPE, n. A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Not in use.] NWAD HOPE.22

HOPED, pp. Desired with expectation. NWAD HOPED.1

HOPEFUL, a. Having qualities which excite hope; promising or giving ground to expect good or success; as a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. NWAD HOPEFUL.1

1. Full of hope or desire, with expectation. NWAD HOPEFUL.2

I was hopeful the success of your first attempts would encourage you to the trial of more nice and difficult experiments. NWAD HOPEFUL.3

HOPEFULLY, adv. In a manner to raise hope; in a way promising good. He prosecutes his scheme hopefully. NWAD HOPEFULLY.1

1. In a manner to produce a favorable opinion respecting some good at the present time. The young man is hopefully pious. NWAD HOPEFULLY.2

2. With hope; with ground to expect. NWAD HOPEFULLY.3

HOPEFULNESS, n. Promise of good; ground to expect what is desirable. NWAD HOPEFULNESS.1

HOPELESS, a. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of that which is desirable; despairing. NWAD HOPELESS.1

I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. NWAD HOPELESS.2

1. Giving no ground of hope or expectation of good; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as a hopeless condition. NWAD HOPELESS.3

HOPELESSLY, adv. Without hope. NWAD HOPELESSLY.1

HOPELESSNESS, n. A state of being desperate, or affording no hope. NWAD HOPELESSNESS.1

HOPER, n. One that hopes. NWAD HOPER.1

HOPING, ppr. Having hope; indulging desire of good with the expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. NWAD HOPING.1

1. Confiding in. NWAD HOPING.2

HOPINGLY, adv. With hope or desire of good, and expectation of obtaining it. NWAD HOPINGLY.1

HOPLITE, n. [Gr. a weapon.] In ancient Greece, a heavy-armed soldier. NWAD HOPLITE.1

HOPPER, n. [See Hop.] One who hops, or leaps on one leg. NWAD HOPPER.1

1. Properly, a wooden trough through which grain passes into a mill; so named from its moving or shaking. But we give the name to a box or frame of boards, which receives the grain before it passes into the trough, and also to a similar box which receives apples for conducting them into a mill. NWAD HOPPER.2

1. A vessel in which seed-corn is carried for sowing. NWAD HOPPER.3

HOPPERS, n. A play in which persons hop or leap on one leg. NWAD HOPPERS.1

HOPPING, ppr. Leaping on one leg; dancing. NWAD HOPPING.1

HOPPING, n. A dancing; a meeting for dancing. NWAD HOPPING.2

HOPPLE, v.t. To tie the feet near together to prevent leaping; as, to hopple an unruly horse. NWAD HOPPLE.1

HORAL, a. [L. hora, an hour. See Hour.] NWAD HORAL.1

Relating to an hour, or to hours. NWAD HORAL.2

HORALLY, adv. Hourly. [Not in use.] NWAD HORALLY.1

HORARY, a. [L. horarius; L. hora hour.] NWAD HORARY.1

1. Pertaining to an hour; noting the hours; as the horary circle. NWAD HORARY.2

2. Continuing an hour. NWAD HORARY.3

HORD, HORDE, n. A company of wandering people dwelling in tents or wagons, and migrating from place to place to procure pasturage for their cattle. Such are some tribes of the Tartars in the north of Asia. A hord usually consists of fifty or sixty tents. NWAD HORD.1

HORE, n. A woman, married or single, who indulges unlawful sexual intercourse; also, a prostitute; a common woman; a harlot; a woman of ill fame. [This word comprehends adultress and fornicatrix, and all lewd women whether paid for prostitution or not.] NWAD HORE.1

HORE, v.i. To indulge unlawful sexual commerce, as a male or female; to be habitually lewd. NWAD HORE.2

HOREDOM, n. The practice of unlawful sexual commerce; habitual or customary lewdness of males or females. NWAD HOREDOM.1

1. In Scripture, idolatry. NWAD HOREDOM.2

HOREMASTER, HOREMONGER, n. A man who is addicted to lewdness, or frequently indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse. NWAD HOREMASTER.1

HORESON, n. [hore and son.] A bastard; the son of a hore; a term of reproach or contempt, sometimes used in a ludicrous sense expressing dislike. NWAD HORESON.1

HORISH, a. Lewd, unchaste; loose; given to unlawful sexual intercourse; applied to females only. NWAD HORISH.1

HORISHLY, adv. Lewdly; unchastely. NWAD HORISHLY.1

HOREHOUND, n. The name of several plants of different genera. The common horehound is the Marrubium vulgare. It has a bitter taste, and is used as an attenuant. NWAD HOREHOUND.1

HORIZON, n. [Gr. to bound, a limit.] The line that terminates the view, when extended on the surface of the earth; or a great circle of the sphere, dividing the world into two parts or hemispheres; the upper hemisphere which is visible, and the lower which is hid. The horizon is sensible, and rational or real. The sensible, apparent, or visible horizon, is a lesser circle of the sphere, which divides the visible part of the sphere from the invisible. It is eastern or western; the eastern is that wherein the sun and stars rise; the western, that wherein they set. The rational, true, or astronomical horizon, is a great circle whose plane passes through the center of the earth, and whose poles are the zenith and nadir. This horizon would bound the sight, if the eye could take in the whole hemisphere. NWAD HORIZON.1

HORIZONTAL, a. Pertaining to the horizon, or relating to it. NWAD HORIZONTAL.1

1. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as a horizontal line or surface. NWAD HORIZONTAL.2

2. Near the horizon; as horizontal misty air. NWAD HORIZONTAL.3

HORIZONTALLY, adv. In a direction parallel to the horizon; on a level; as a ball carried horizontally. NWAD HORIZONTALLY.1

HORIZONTALITY, n. The state of being horizontal. NWAD HORIZONTALITY.1

HORN, n. [L. cornu] NWAD HORN.1

1. A hard substance growing on the heads of certain animals, and particularly on cloven-footed quadrupeds; usually projecting to some length and terminating in a point. Horns are generally bent or curving, and those of some animals are spiral. They serve for weapons of offense and defense. The substance of horns is gelatinous, and in Papin’s digester it may be converted into jelly. NWAD HORN.2

Horn is an animal substance, chiefly membranous, consisting of coagulated albumen, with a little gelatin and phosphate of lime. NWAD HORN.3

The horns of deer possess exactly the properties of bone, and are composed of the same constituents, only the proportion of cartilage is greater. NWAD HORN.4

2. A wind instrument of music, made of horn; a trumpet. Such were used by the Israelites. NWAD HORN.5

3. In modern times, a wind instrument made of metal. NWAD HORN.6

4. An extremity of the moon, when it is waxing or waning, and forming a crescent. NWAD HORN.7

5. The feeler or antenna of an insect. NWAD HORN.8

6. The feeler of a snail, which may be withdrawn; hence, to pull or draw in the horns, is to repress one’s ardor, or to restrain pride. NWAD HORN.9

7. A drinking cup; horns being used anciently for cups. NWAD HORN.10

8. A winding stream. NWAD HORN.11

9. Horns, in the plural, is used to characterize a cuckold. He wears the horns. NWAD HORN.12

10. In Scripture, horn is a symbol of strength or power. NWAD HORN.13

The horn of Moab is cut off. Jeremiah 48:25. NWAD HORN.14

Horn is also an emblem of glory, honor, dignity. NWAD HORN.15

My horn is exalted in the Lord. 1 Samuel 2:1. NWAD HORN.16

In Daniel, horn represents a kingdom or state. NWAD HORN.17

HORNBEAK, n. A fish. [See Hornfish.] NWAD HORNBEAK.1

HORNBEAM, n. [See Beam.] A genus of trees, the Carpinus, so named from the hardness of the wood. NWAD HORNBEAM.1

HORNBILL, n. A fowl of the genus Buceros, which has a flat bony forehead with two horns; a native of the E. Indies. NWAD HORNBILL.1

HORNBLEND, n. A mineral of several varieties, called by Hauy amphibole. It is sometimes in regular distinct crystals; more generally the result of confused crystallization, appearing in masses, composed of lamins, acicular crystals or fibers, variously aggregated. Its prevailing colors are black and green. NWAD HORNBLEND.1

HORNBLOWER, n. One that blows a horn. NWAD HORNBLOWER.1

HORNBOOK, n. The first book of children, or that in which they learn their letters and rudiments; so called from its cover of horn. [Now little used.] NWAD HORNBOOK.1

HORN-DISTEMPER, n. A disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. NWAD HORN-DISTEMPER.1

HORNED, a. Furnished with horns; as horned cattle. NWAD HORNED.1

1. Shaped like a crescent, or the new moon. NWAD HORNED.2

HORNEDNESS, n. The appearance of horns. NWAD HORNEDNESS.1

HORNER, n. One who works or deals in horns. NWAD HORNER.1

1. One who winds or blows the horn. NWAD HORNER.2

HORNET, n. An insect of the genus Vespa or wasp, the Vespa crabro. It is much larger and stronger than the wasp, and its sting gives severe pain. This insect constructs a nest of leaves or other substance which resembles brown paper of a light color. This is attached to the branches of trees, and often of the size of a half-peck measure. NWAD HORNET.1

HORNFISH, n. The garfish or sea-needle, of the genus Esox. NWAD HORNFISH.1

HORNFOOT, a. Having a hoof; hoofed. NWAD HORNFOOT.1

HORNIFY, v.t. To bestow horns upon. [Not used or vulgar.] NWAD HORNIFY.1

HORNING, n. Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent. NWAD HORNING.1

HORNISH, a. Somewhat like horn; hard. NWAD HORNISH.1

HORNLESS, a. Having no horns. NWAD HORNLESS.1

HORNMERCURY, n. Muriate of mercury. NWAD HORNMERCURY.1

HORNOWL, n. A species of owl, so called from two tufts of feathers on its head like horns. NWAD HORNOWL.1

HORNPIPE, n. An instrument of music in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe with horns at the ends; one to collect the wind blown from the mouth; the other to carry off the sounds as modulated by the performer. NWAD HORNPIPE.1

1. An air or tune of triple time, with six crotchets in a bar; four to the descending beat, and two to the ascending. NWAD HORNPIPE.2

HORNSHAVINGS, n. Scrapings or raspings of the horns of deer. NWAD HORNSHAVINGS.1

HORNSILVER, n. Muriate of silver, or chlorid of silver. NWAD HORNSILVER.1

HORNSPOON, n. A spoon made of horn. NWAD HORNSPOON.1

HORNSLATE, n. A gray siliceous stone. NWAD HORNSLATE.1

HORNSTONE, n. A siliceous stone, a subspecies of quartz. It is divided by Jameson into splintery, conchoidal, and wood-stone. [See Chert.] NWAD HORNSTONE.1

HORNWORK, n. In fortification, an outwork composed of two demi-bastions joined by a curtain. NWAD HORNWORK.1

HORNY, a. Consisting of horn or horns. NWAD HORNY.1

1. Resembling horn. NWAD HORNY.2

2. Hard; callous. NWAD HORNY.3

HOROGRAPHY, n. [Gr. hour, and to write.] NWAD HOROGRAPHY.1

1. An account of hours. NWAD HOROGRAPHY.2

2. The art of constructing dials. NWAD HOROGRAPHY.3

HOROLOGE, n. [L. horologium; Gr. hour, and to tell.] NWAD HOROLOGE.1

An instrument that indicates the hour of the day. But chronometer is now generally used. NWAD HOROLOGE.2

HOROLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to the horologe, or to horology. NWAD HOROLOGICAL.1

HOROLOGIOGRAPHIC, a. Pertaining to the art of dialling. NWAD HOROLOGIOGRAPHIC.1

HOROLOGIOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. hour, discourse, and to describe.] NWAD HOROLOGIOGRAPHY.1

An account of instruments that show the hour of the day; also, of the art of constructing dials. NWAD HOROLOGIOGRAPHY.2

HOROLOGY, n. [Gr. hour, and to indicate. See Horologe.] NWAD HOROLOGY.1

The art of constructing machines for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, etc. NWAD HOROLOGY.2

HOROMETRICAL, a. [from horometry.] Belonging to horometry, or to the measurement of time by hours and subordinate divisions. NWAD HOROMETRICAL.1

HOROMETRY, n. [Gr. hour, and measure.] NWAD HOROMETRY.1

The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions. NWAD HOROMETRY.2

HOROSCOPE, n. [Gr. hour, and to view or consider.] NWAD HOROSCOPE.1

1. In astrology, a scheme or figure of the twelve houses, or twelve signs of the zodiac, in which is marked the disposition of the heavens at a given time, and by which astrologers formerly told the fortunes of persons, according to the position of the stars at the time of their birth. NWAD HOROSCOPE.2

2. The degree or point of the heavens arising above the eastern point of the horizon at any given time when a prediction is to be made of a future event. NWAD HOROSCOPE.3

HOROSCOPY, n. The art or practice of predicting future events by the disposition of the stars and planets. NWAD HOROSCOPY.1

HORRENT, a. [L. horrens. See Horror.] Bristled; standing erect as bristles; pointing outward. NWAD HORRENT.1

With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. NWAD HORRENT.2

HORRIBLE, a. [L. horribilis. See Horror.] Exciting or tending to excite horror; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as a horrible figure or sight; a horrible story. NWAD HORRIBLE.1

A dungeon horrible on all sides round. NWAD HORRIBLE.2

HORRIBLENESS, n. The state or qualities that may excite horror; dreadfulness; terribleness; hideousness. NWAD HORRIBLENESS.1

HORRIBLY, adv. In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly; as horribly loud; horribly afraid. NWAD HORRIBLY.1

HORRID, a. [L. horridus. See Horror.] NWAD HORRID.1

1. That does or may excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; as a horrid spectacle or sight; horrid sympathy. NWAD HORRID.2

2. Rough; rugged. This is the literal and primary sense. NWAD HORRID.3

Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. NWAD HORRID.4

3. Shocking; very offensive; a colloquial sense. NWAD HORRID.5

HORRIDLY, adv. In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; shockingly. NWAD HORRIDLY.1

HORRIDNESS, n. The qualities that do or may excite horror; hideousness; enormity. NWAD HORRIDNESS.1

HORRIFIC, a. [L. horrificus.] Causing horror. NWAD HORRIFIC.1

HORRISONOUS, a. [L. horrisonus; horreo, to shake, and sonus, sound.] Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. NWAD HORRISONOUS.1

HORROR, n. [L. from horreo, to shake or shiver, or to set up the bristles, to be rough.] NWAD HORROR.1

1. A shaking, shivering or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever. This ague is usually accompanied with a contraction of the skin into small wrinkles, giving it a kind of roughness. NWAD HORROR.2

2. An excessive degree of fear, or a painful emotion which makes a person tremble; terror; a shuddering with fear; but appropriately, terror or a sensation approaching it, accompanied with hatred or detestation. Horror is often a passion compounded of fear and hatred or disgust. The recital of a bloody deed fills us with horror. NWAD HORROR.3

A horror of great darkness fell on Abram. Genesis 15:12. NWAD HORROR.4

Horror hath taken hold on me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Psalm 119:53. NWAD HORROR.5

3. That which may excite horror or dread; gloom; dreariness. NWAD HORROR.6

And breathes a browner horror on the woods. NWAD HORROR.7

4. Dreadful thoughts. NWAD HORROR.8

5. Distressing scenes; as the horrors of war or famine. NWAD HORROR.9

HORSE, n. hors. NWAD HORSE.1

1. A species of quadrupeds of the genus Equus, having six erect and parallel fore-teeth in the upper jaw, and six somewhat prominent in the under jaw; the dog teeth are solitary, and the feet consist of an undivided hoof. The horse is a beautiful animal, and of great use for draught or conveyance on his back. Horse, in English, is of common gender, and may comprehend the male and female. NWAD HORSE.2

2. A constellation. NWAD HORSE.3

3. Cavalry; a body of troops serving on horseback. In this sense, it has no plural termination. We say, a thousand horse, a regiment of horse. NWAD HORSE.4

4. A machine by which something is supported; usually a wooden frame with legs. Various machines used in the arts are thus called. NWAD HORSE.5

5. A wooden machine on which soldiers ride by way of punishment; sometimes called a timber-mare. NWAD HORSE.6

6. In seamen’s language, a rope extending from the middle of a yard to its extremity, to support the sailors while they loose, reef or furl the sails, also, a thick rope extended near the mast for hoisting a yard or extending a sail on it. NWAD HORSE.7

To take horse to set out to ride on horseback. NWAD HORSE.8

1. To be covered, as a mare. NWAD HORSE.9

HORSE, v.t. To mount on a horse. NWAD HORSE.10

1. To carry on the back. NWAD HORSE.11

The keeper, horsing a deer. NWAD HORSE.12

2. To ride astride; as ridges horsed. NWAD HORSE.13

3. To cover a mare, as the male. NWAD HORSE.14

HORSEBACK, n. hors’back. The state of being on a horse; the posture of riding on a horse. NWAD HORSEBACK.1

I saw them salute on horseback. NWAD HORSEBACK.2

HORSEBEAN, n. A small bean usually given to horses. NWAD HORSEBEAN.1

HORSEBLOCK, n. A block or state that assists persons in mounting and dismounting from a horse. NWAD HORSEBLOCK.1

HORSEBOAT, n. A boat used in conveying horses over a river or other water. NWAD HORSEBOAT.1

1. A boat moved by horses; a new species of ferry-boat. NWAD HORSEBOAT.2

HORSEBOY, n. A boy employed in dressing and tending horses; a stable boy. NWAD HORSEBOY.1

HORSEBREAKER, n. One whose employment is to break horses, or to teach them to draw or carry. NWAD HORSEBREAKER.1

HORSE-CHESTNUT, n. A large nut, the fruit of a species of Aesculus; or the tree that produces it. The tree is much cultivated for shade. NWAD HORSE-CHESTNUT.1

HORSECLOTH, n. A cloth to cover a horse. NWAD HORSECLOTH.1

HORSECOURSER, n. One that runs horses, or keeps horses for the race. NWAD HORSECOURSER.1

1. A dealer in horses. NWAD HORSECOURSER.2