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Hoarse
() Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
Hoarse
() Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
Hoarsely
() With a harsh, grating sound or voice.
Hoarsened
() of Hoarsen
Hoarsening
() of Hoarsen
Hoarsen
() To make hoarse.
Hoarseness
() Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
Hoarstone
() A stone designating the /ounds of an estate; a landmark.
Hoary
() White or whitish.
Hoary
() White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
Hoary
() remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
Hoary
() Moldy; mossy; musty.
Hoary
() Of a pale silvery gray.
Hoary
() Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
Hoatzin
() Same as Hoazin.
Hoax
() A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
Hoaxed
() of Hoax
Hoaxing
() of Hoax
Hoax
() To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
Hoaxer
() One who hoaxes.
Hoazin
() A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
Hob
() The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
Hob
() The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
Hob
() A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
Hob
() A fairy; a sprite; an elf.
Hob
() A countryman; a rustic; a clown.
Hobanob
() Alt. of Hobandnob
Hobandnob
() Same as Hobnob.
Hobbism
() The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.
Hobbist
() One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.
Hobbled
() of Hobble
Hobbling
() of Hobble
Hobble
() To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
Hobble
() To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
Hobble
() To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
Hobble
() To perplex; to embarrass.
Hobble
() An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
Hobble
() Same as Hopple.
Hobble
() Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
Hobblebush
() A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
Hobbledehoy
() Alt. of Hobbletehoy
Hobbletehoy
() A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
Hobbler
() One who hobbles.
Hobbler
() One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
Hobblingly
() With a limping step.
Hobbly
() Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
Hobbies
() of Hobby
Hobby
() A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
Hobby
() Alt. of Hobbyhorse
Hobbyhorse
() A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.