Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 39
Hogcote (n.) A shed for swine; a sty.
Hogfish (n.) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolaemus).
Hogfish (n.) The pigfish or sailor's choice.
Hogfish (n.) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
Hogfish (n.) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpaena scrofa).
Hogframe (n.) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
Hogged (a.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.
Hogger (n.) A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
Hoggerel (n.) A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
Hoggerpipe (n.) The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump.
Hogger-pump (n.) The for pump in the pit.
Hoggery (n.) Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
Hogget (n.) A young boar of the second year.
Hogget (n.) A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
Hoggin (n.) (英) 篩過含沙碎石 A mixture of sand, gravel etc., used as a base for laying pavements and paths.
Hogging (n.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
Hoggish (a.) Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
Hogh (n.) A hill; a cliff.
Hogherd (n.) A swineherd.
Hogmanay (n.) The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant.
Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.
Hognut (n.) The pignut.
Hognut (n.) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.
Hogo (n.) High flavor; strong scent.
Hogpen (n.) A pen or sty for hogs.
Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
Hogringer (n.) One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.
Hog's-back (n.) A hogback.
Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Hogshead (n.) An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
Hogshead (n.) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
Hogskin (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.
Hogsties (n. pl. ) of Hogsty
Hogsty (n.) A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs.
Hogwash (n.) Swill.
Hogweed (n.) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisiaege). See Ambrosia, 3.
Hogweed (n.) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
Hoiden (n.) A rude, clownish youth.
Hoiden (n.) A rude, bold girl; a romp.
Hoiden (a.) Rustic; rude; bold.
Hoiden (v. i.) To romp rudely or indecently.
Hoidenhood (n.) State of being a hoiden.
Hoidenish (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.
Hoise (v. t.) To hoist.
Hoisted (imp. & p. p.) of Hoist
Hoisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoist
Hoist (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. -- Pope.
Hoisting him into his father's throne. -- South.
Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
Hoist (n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
Hoist (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift. [Colloq.]
Hoist (n.) (Naut.) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
Hoist (n.) (Naut.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. -- Totten.
Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
Hoist (p. p.) Hoisted. [Obs.]
'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. -- Shak.
Hoist (n.) Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects.
Hoist (v.) Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift, wind].
Hoist (v.) Move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table".
Hoist (v.) Raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" [syn: hoist, run up].
Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Hoistway (n.) An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom.
Hoit (v. i.) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams? -- Congreve.
Hoity-toity (a.) Affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da].
Hockday (n.) A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also
hocktide. [Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]
Hokeday (n.) Same as Hockday.
Hoker (n.) Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] -- Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hokkaido (prop. n.) [Jap.] The northernmost of the main islands of Japan. Together with the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.
Hokkaido (n.) A large island in N Japan. 5,660,000; 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km). Formerly, Yezo.
Hokkaido (n.) An island of Japan north of Honshu. It is the second largest of the Japanese islands but the least populated. Hokkaido became part of Japan in the medieval period (c. 1600) and was called Yezo or Ezo until 1868.
Hokkaido (n.) The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu. [syn: Hokkaido, Ezo, Yezo]
Hokkaido (n.) 北海道（日語：北海道／ほっかいどう〔ほくかいだう〕Hokkaido (北海道 Hokkaidō, literally "Northern Sea Circuit") (Japanese: [hok̚kaidoː] ), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu.[1] The two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. About 43 km north of Hokkaido lies Sakhalin island, Russia, whereas to its east and north-east are the disputed Kuril Islands.
Hol (a.) Whole. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
HOL
Head Of Line
Holaspidean (a.) (Zool.) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
Holcad (n.) A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. -- Mitford.
Hold (n.) (Naut.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
Held (imp. & p. p.) of Hold.
Holding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hold.
Holden () of Hold.
Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain.
The loops held one curtain to another. -- Ex. xxxvi. 12.
Thy
right hand shall hold me. -- Ps. cxxxix.
They all hold swords, being expert in war. -- Cant. iii. 8.
In vain
he seeks, that having can not hold. -- Spenser.
France, thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue, . . . A fasting tiger safer by the
tooth, Than
keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold. -- Shak.
Hold (v. t.) To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.
We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire. -- Milton.
Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
This noble merchant held a noble house. -- Chaucer.
Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. -- Knolles.
And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. -- Dryden.
Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
We can not hold mortality's strong hand. -- Shak.
Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow. -- Grashaw.
He had not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue. -- Macaulay.
Hold (v. t.) To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
Hold not thy peace, and be not still. -- Ps. lxxxiii. 1.
Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. -- Milton.
Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.
I would hold more talk with thee. -- Shak.
Hold (v. t.) To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
Broken cisterns that can hold no water. -- Jer. ii. 13.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. -- Shak.
Hold (v. t.) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught. -- 2 Thes. ii.15.
But still he held his purpose to depart. -- Dryden.
Hold (v. t.) To consider; to regard; to esteem; to account; to think; to judge.
I hold him but a fool. -- Shak.
I shall never hold that man my friend. -- Shak.
The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -- Ex. xx. 7.
Hold (v. t.) To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
Let him hold his fingers thus. -- Shak.
To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. -- Swift.
To hold forth, (a) (v. t.) To offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. "The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach." -- Locke.
To hold forth, (b) (v. i.) To talk at length; to harangue.
To held in, To restrain; to curd.
To hold in hand, To toy with; to keep in expectation; to have in one's power. [Obs.]
O, fie! to receive favors, return falsehoods, And hold a lady in hand. -- Beaw. & Fl.
To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. -- Macaulay.
To hold off, To keep at a distance.
To hold on, To hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on.
To hold one's day, To keep one's appointment. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
To hold one's own. To keep good one's present condition absolutely or relatively; not to fall off, or to lose ground; as, a ship holds her own when she does not lose ground in a race or chase; a man holds his own when he does not lose strength or weight.
To hold one's peace, To keep silence.
To hold out. (a) To extend; to offer. "Fortune holds out these to you as rewards." -- B. Jonson.
To hold out. (b) To continue to do or to suffer; to endure. "He can not long hold out these pangs." -- Shak.
To hold up. (a) To raise; to lift; as, hold up your head.
To hold up. (b) To support; to sustain. "He holds himself up in virtue."--Sir P. Sidney.
To hold up. (c) To exhibit; to display; as, he was held up as an example.
To hold up. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses.
To hold up. (e) To rob, usually at gunpoint; -- often with the demand to "hold up" the hands.
To hold up. (f) To delay.
To
hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without
leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent,
without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative
sense; as, his statements will not hold water.
[Colloq.]
To hold water. (b) (Naut.) To hold the oars steady in the water, thus checking
the headway of a boat.
Hold (v. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:
Hold (v. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!" -- Shak.
Hold (v. i.) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
Our force by land hath nobly held. -- Shak.
Hold (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
While
our obedience holds. -- Milton.
The rule holds in land as all other commodities. -- Locke.
Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
He will hold to the one and despise the other. -- Matt. vi. 24
Hold (v. i.) To restrain one's self; to refrain.
His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled. -- Dryden.
Hold (v. i.) To derive right or title; -- generally with of.
My crown is absolute, and holds of none. -- Dryden.
His imagination holds immediately from nature. -- Hazlitt.
Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. -- L'Estrange.
To hold in, To restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
To hold off, To keep at a distance.
To hold on, To keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years," -- Swift.
To hold out, To last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way.
To hold over, To remain in office, possession, etc., beyond a certain date.
To hold to or To hold with, To take sides with, as a person or opinion.
To hold together, To be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. -- Dryden. -- Locke.
To hold up. (a) To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes.
To hold up. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. -- Hudibras.
To hold up. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. -- Collier.
Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold. -- Chaucer.
Thou should'st lay hold upon him. -- B. Jonson.
My soul took hold on thee. -- Addison.
Take fast hold of instruction. -- Pror. iv. 13.
Hold (n.) The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
The law hath yet another hold on you. -- Shak.
Hold (n.) Binding power and influence.
Fear . . . by which God and his laws take the surest hold of. -- Tillotson.
Hold (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support.
If a man be upon an high place without rails or good hold, he is ready to fall. -- Bacon.
Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
They . . . put them in hold unto the next day. -- Acts. iv. 3.
King Richard, he is in the mighty hold Of Bolingbroke. -- Shak.
Hold (n.) A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; -- often called a stronghold. -- Chaucer.
New comers in an ancient hold -- Tennyson.
Hold (n.) (Mus.) A character [thus ?] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona.
Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
Holdback (n.) The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
Holder (n.) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
Holder (n.) One who, or that which, holds.
Holder (n.) One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
Holder (n.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.
Holder-forth (n.) One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.
Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
Holdfast (n.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
Holding (n.) The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining.
Holding (n.) A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
Holding (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences. -- Burke.