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Hoar \Hoar\, v. t. [AS. h[=a]rian to grow gray.]
To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Hoar \Hoar\, a. [OE. hor, har, AS. h[=a]r; akin to Icel.
h[=a]rr, and to OHG. h[=e]r illustrious, magnificent; cf.
Icel. Hei[eth] brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr.
k[=e]tus light, torch. Cf. {Hoary}.]
1. White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
"Hoar waters." --Spenser.
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2. Gray or white with age; hoary.
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Whose beard with age is hoar. --Coleridge.
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Old trees with trunks all hoar. --Byron.
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3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Hoar \Hoar\, n.
Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
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Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages.
--Burke.
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