Hitch () A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

Hitch () A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Hitchel () See Hatchel.

Hithe () A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth.

Hither () To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.

Hither () To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.

Hither () Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.

Hither () Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.

Hithermost () Nearest on this side.

Hitherto () To this place; to a prescribed limit.

Hitherto () Up to this time; as yet; until now.

Hitherward () Toward this place; hither.

Hitter () One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

Hive () A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.

Hive () The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.

Hive () A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

Hived () of Hive

Hiving () of Hive

Hive () To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.

Hive () To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

Hive () To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.

Hiveless () Destitute of a hive.

Hiver () One who collects bees into a hive.

Hives () The croup.

Hives () An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.

Hizz () To hiss.

Ho () Who.

Ho () Alt. of Hoa

Hoa () A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

Ho () Alt. of Hoa

Hoa () Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.

Hoa () Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.

Hoar () White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

Hoar () Gray or white with age; hoary.

Hoar () Musty; moldy; stale.

Hoar () Hoariness; antiquity.

Hoar () To become moldy or musty.

Hoard () See Hoarding, 2.

Hoard () A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.

Hoarded () of Hoard

Hoarding () of Hoard

Hoard () To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.

Hoard () To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.

Hoarder () One who hoards.

Hoarding () A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.

Hoarding () A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.

Hoared () Moldy; musty.

Hoarfrost () The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.

Hoarhound () Same as Horehound.

Hoariness () The state of being hoary.

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