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Honiton
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Honk (n.) (Zool.) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing, n.
Honk (n.) To make a sound like the honk of a goose.
Honk (n.) Specifically: To sound the horn on an automobile or other motor vehicle.
Honk (n.) The cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this).
Honk (v.) Make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot].
Honk (v.) Use the horn of a car [syn: honk, claxon].
Honk (v.) Cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" [syn: honk, cronk].
Honk (v.) Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down].
Honor (n.) Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. -- Matt. xiii. 57.
Honor (n.) That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness.
Godlike erect, with native honor clad. -- Milton.
Honor (n.) Purity; chastity; -- a term applied mostly to women, but becoming uncommon in usage.
If she have forgot Honor and virtue. -- Shak.
Honor (n.) A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege; integrity; uprightness; trustworthness.
Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. -- Wordsworth.
I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. -- Lovelace.
Honor (n.) That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. "Restored me to my honors." -- Shak.
I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. -- 1 Kings iii. 13.
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. -- Ps. civ. 1.
Honor (n.) Fame; reputation; credit.
Some in their actions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. -- Bacon.
If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. -- Rogers.
Honor (n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. "Their funeral honors." -- Dryden.
Honor (n.) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
Honor (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable.
Honor (n.) (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. -- Cowell.
Honor (n.) pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.
Honor (n.) pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. -- R. A. Proctor.
Affair of honor, A dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself.
Court of honor, A court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature.
Debt of honor, A debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law.
Honor bright! An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.]
Honor court (Feudal Law), One held in an honor or seignory.
Honor point. (Her.) See Escutcheon.
Honors of war (Mil.), Distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying.
Law of honor or Code of honor, Certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. -- Paley.
Maid of honor, (a) A lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public.
Maid of honor, (b) The bride's principle attendant at a wedding, if unmarried. If married, she is referred to as the matron of honor.
On one's honor, On the pledge of one's honor; as, the members of the House of Lords in Great Britain, are not under oath, but give their statements or verdicts on their honor.
Point of honor, A scruple or nice distinction in matters affecting one's honor; as, he raised a point of honor.
To do the honors, To bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as host or hostess at an entertainment. "To do the honors and to give the word." -- Pope.
To do one honor, To confer distinction upon one.
To have the honor, To have the privilege or distinction.
Word of honor, An engagement confirmed by a pledge of honor.
Honored (imp. & p. p.) of Honor.
Honoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Honor.
Honor (v. t.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.
Honor thy father and thy mother. -- Ex. xx. 12.
That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. -- John v. 23.
It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance. -- Shak.
Honor (v. t.) To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.
Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor. -- Esther vi. 9.
The name of Cassius honors this corruption. -- Shak.
Honor (v. t.) (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
Honor (n.) A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery" [syn: award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels].
Honor (n.) The state of being honored [syn: honor, honour, laurels] [ant: dishonor, dishonour].
Honor (n.) The quality of being honorable and having a good name; "a man of honor" [syn: honor, honour] [ant: dishonor, dishonour].
Honor (n.) A woman's virtue or chastity [syn: honor, honour, purity, pureness].
Honor (v.) Bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" [syn: honor, honour, reward] [ant: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame].
Honor (v.) Show respect towards; "honor your parents!" [syn: respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe] [ant: disrespect].
Honor (v.) Accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts" [syn: honor, honour] [ant: dishonor, dishonour].
Honor. () High estimation. A testimony of high estimation. Dignity. Reputation. Dignified respect of character springing from probity, principle, or moral rectitude. A duel is not justified by any insult to our honor. Honor is also employed to signify integrity in a judge, courage in a soldier, and chastity in a woman. To deprive a woman of her honor is, in some cases, punished as a public wrong, and by an action for the recovery of damages done to the relative rights of a husband or a father. Vide Criminal conversation.
Honor. () In England, when a peer of parliament is sitting judicially in that body, his pledge of honor is received instead of an oath; and in courts of equity, peers, peeresses, and lords of parliament, answer on their honor only. But the courts of common law know no such distinction. It is needless to add, that as we are not encumbered by a nobility, there is no such distinction in the United States, all persons being equal in the eye of the law.
Honor. () Eng. law. The seigniory of a lord paramount. 2 Bl. Com. 9f.
Honor, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 299
Housing Units (2000): 153
Land area (2000): 0.550506 sq. miles (1.425803 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.550506 sq. miles (1.425803 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39080
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.665567 N, 86.022118 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49640
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Honor, MI
Honor
Honorable (a.) Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
Thy name and honorable family. -- Shak.
Honorable (a.) High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
Honorable (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
Is this proceeding just and honorable? -- Shak.
Honorable (a.) Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
Honorable wounds from battle brought. -- Dryden.
Honorable (a.) Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
Marriage is honorable in all. -- Heb. xiii. 4.
Honorable (a.) Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.
Honorable (a.) Of reputable association or use; respectable.
Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. -- Shak.
Honorable (a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors, and often also extended to lower officials, such as city council members.
Right honorable. See under Right.
Honorable (a.) Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn: honest, honorable] [ant: dishonest, dishonorable].
Honorable (a.) Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" [syn: honorable, honourable] [ant: dishonorable, dishonourable].
Honorable (a.) Adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" [syn: ethical, honorable, honourable].
Honorable (a.) Deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn: estimable, good, honorable, respectable].
Honorable, (a.) Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."
Honorableness (n.) The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.
Honorableness (n.) Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
Honorableness (n.) The quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor [syn: honorableness, honourableness] [ant: dishonorableness, dishonourableness].
Honorably (adv.) In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.
The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. -- Shak.
Why did I not more honorably starve? -- Dryden.
Honorably (adv.) Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." -- Shak.
Syn: Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably; fairly; reputably. Honorarium
Honorably (adv.) In an honorable manner; "he acted honorably" [syn: honorably, uprightly] [ant: dishonorably].
Honorably (adv.) With honor; "he was honorably discharged after many years of service" [syn: honorably, honourably] [ant: dishonorably].
Honorarium (a.) Alt. of Honorary.
Honorary (a.) A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. --S. Longfellow.
Honorary (a.) (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. -- Heumann.
Honorarium (n.) A fee paid for a nominally free service.
Honorarium. () A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel.
Honorarium. () It is said this honorarium is purely voluntary, and differs from a fee, which may be recovered by action. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 412; 3 Bl. Com. 28; 1 Chit. Rep. 38; 2 Atk. 332; but see 2 Penna. R. 75; 4 Watts' R. 334. Vide Dalloz, Dict. h.t., and Salary. See Counsellor at law.
Compare: Honorarium
Honorarium, Honorary (n.) A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. -- S. Longfellow.
Honorarium, Honorary (n.) (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. -- Heumann.
Honorary (a.) Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. -- Macaulay.
Honorary (a.) Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." -- Addison.
Honorary (a.) Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
Honorary (a.) Given as an honor without the normal duties; "an honorary degree".
Honorer (n.) One who honors.
Honorific (a.) Conferring honor; tending to honor. -- London Spectator.
Honorific (a.) Conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession".
Honorific (n.) An expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics".
Honorless (a.) Destitute of honor; not honored. -- Bp. Warburton.
Honshu (prop. n.) [Jap.] ほんしゅう 本州 The main island of Japan. Together with the islands of Hokkaido 北海道, Kyushu 九州 Shikoku 四國 forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.
Honshu (n.) The central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland [syn: Honshu, Hondo].
Honshu (n.) An island in central Japan: chief island of the country. 95,580,000; 88,851 sq. mi. (230,124 sq. km). Also called Hondo.
Honshu
(n.) The
largest
Honshu (prop. n.) [Jap.] The main island of Japan. Together with the islands of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.
Honshu (n.) The central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland [syn: Honshu, Hondo].
Hont (n. & v.) See under Hunt. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Compare: Ho
Ho, Hoa (interj.) [Cf. F. & G. ho.] Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho?" -- Shak. "Ho! who's within?" -- Shak.
Ho, Hoa (interj.) [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.]
The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" -- Chaucer.
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. -- Chaucer.
Hoo (interj.) See Ho. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hoo (interj.) Hurrah! -- An exclamation of triumphant joy. -- Shak.
-hood () A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
Hood (n.) State; condition. [Obs.]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state from being understood? -- Spenser.
Hood (n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment ; especially:
Hood (n.) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
Hood (n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
Hood (n.) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
Hood (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
Hood (n.) A covering for a horse's head.
Hood (n.) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
Hood (n.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use ; as:
Hood (n.) The top or head of a carriage.
Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
Hood (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
Hood (n.) The top of a pump.
Hood (n.) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
Hood (n.) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
Hood (n.) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
Hood (n.) (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
Hooded (imp. & p. p.) of Hood.
Hooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hood.
Hood (v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. -- Pope.
Hood (v. t.) To cover; to hide; to blind.
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." -- Shak.
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), The end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
Hoodlum (n.) A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside You ain't got time to take no ride. -- Yakety-Yak (Song)
Hood (n.) [Shortened from hoodlum.] Same as hoodlum. [Colloq.]
Hood (n.) [Shortened from neighborhood.] Same as neighborhood. [slang]
Bonnet (n.) A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] -- Milton. -- Shak.
Bonnet (n.) A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
And plaids and bonnets waving high. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bonnet (n.) A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
Bonnet (n.) Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
Bonnet (n.) (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
Bonnet (n.) (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
Bonnet (n.) (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
Bonnet (n.) (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
Bonnet (n.) (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
Bonnet (n.) (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. -- Hakluyt.
Bonnet (n.) The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
Bonnet (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
Bonnet (n.) (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor; predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the hood. [Brit.]
Bonnet limpet (Zool.), A name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptr[ae]id[ae]).
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), An East Indian monkey ({Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
Bonnet piece, A gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. -- Sir W. Scott.
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
Black bonnet. See under Black.
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
Hood (n.) An aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer].
Hood (n.) A protective covering that is part of a plant [syn: hood, cap].
Hood (n.) (Slang) A neighborhood.
Hood (n.) A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera [syn: hood, lens hood].
Hood (n.) (Falconry) A leather covering for a hawk's head.
Hood (n.) Metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes [syn: hood, exhaust hood].
Hood (n.) The folding roof of a carriage.
Hood (n.) A headdress that protects the head and face.
Hood (n.) Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" [syn: hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling].
Hood (n.) (Zoology) An expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal.
Hood (v.) Cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded".
Hierarchical Object Oriented Design
HOOD, () (HOOD) An architectural design method, primarily for Ada, leading to automated checking, documentation and source code generation.
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Hood, () (Heb. tsaniph) a tiara round the head (Isa. 3:23; R.V., pl., "turbans"). Rendered "diadem," Job 29:14; high priest's "mitre," Zech. 3:5; "royal diadem," Isa. 62:3.
Hood -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 41100
Housing Units (2000): 19105
Land area (2000): 421.610596 sq. miles (1091.966384 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.189512 sq. miles (39.340655 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 436.800108 sq. miles (1131.307039 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.432285 N, 97.796232 W
Headwords:
Hood
Hood, TX
Hood County
Hood County, TX
Hoodcap (n.) See Hooded seal, under Hooded.
Hooded (a.) Covered with a hood.
Hooded (a.) Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
Hooded (a.) Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
Hooded (a.) (Zool.) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
Hooded (a.) (Zool.) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
Hooded crow, A European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, The European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, A large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, The hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, A small American warbler ({Sylvania mitrata).
Hoodless (a.) Having no hood.
Hoodlum (n.) A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow ; colloquially, called also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside You ain't got time to take no ride. -- Yakety-Yak (Song)
Hoodlum (n.) An aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer].
Hoodman (n.) The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Hoodman-blind (n.) An old term for blindman's buff. -- Shak. Hood molding
Hood molding () Alt. of Hood moulding
Hood moulding () (Arch.) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.
Hoodoo (v. t.) To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch. [Colloq., U. S.]
Hoodoo (n.) One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]
Hoodoo (n.) Same as voodoo.
Hoodoo (n.) Bad luck.
Hoodoo (n.) A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [Western U. S.] "I watched for hours as the shadows moved through the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon park."
Hoodoo (n.) (Geology) A column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo".
Hoodoo (n.) A practitioner of voodoo.
Hoodoo (n.) A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers [syn: juju, voodoo, hoodoo, fetish, fetich].
Hoodoo (n.) Something believed to bring bad luck.
Hoodoo (v.) Bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune.
Hoodwink (v. t.) To blind by covering the eyes.
We will blind and hoodwink him. -- Shak.
Hoodwink (v. t.) To cover; to hide. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Hoodwink (v. t.) To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Hoodwink (v.) Influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink].
Hoodwink (v.) Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false].
Hoody (n.) (Zool.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.
Compare: Dun
Dun (a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont.
Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. -- Keble.
Dun crow (Zool.), The hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.
Dun diver (Zool.), The goosander or merganser.
Hoofs (n. pl. ) of Hoof.
Hooves (n. pl. ) of Hoof.
Hoof (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
On burnished hooves his war horse trode. -- Tennyson.
Hoof (n.) A hoofed animal; a beast.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. -- Ex. x. 26.
Hoof (n.) (Geom.) See Ungula.
Hoof (v. i.) To walk as cattle. [R.] -- William Scott.
Hoof (v. i.) To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
To hoof it, To foot it.
On the hoof, Of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
Beef on the hoof, Live cattle.
Hoof (n.) The foot of an ungulate mammal.
Hoof (n.) The horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals.
Hoof (v.) Walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it].
Hoof (v.) Dance in a professional capacity.
Hoof, () A cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The "parting of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).
Hoofbound (a.) (Far.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.
Hoofed (a.) Furnished with hoofs. -- Grew.
Hoofed (a.) Having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals" [syn: ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved] [ant: unguiculate, unguiculated].
Hoofless (a.) Destitute of hoofs.
Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.
Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. -- Pope.
Hook (n.) (Steam Engin.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
Hook (n.) A snare; a trap. [R.] -- Shak.
Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.]
Hook (n.) pl. The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.
Hook (n.) (Sports) The curving motion of a ball, as in bowling or baseball, curving away from the hand which threw the ball; in golf, a curving motion in the direction of the golfer who struck the ball.
Hook (n.) (Computers) A procedure within the encoding of a computer program which allows the user to modify the program so as to import data from or export data to other programs.
By hook or by crook, One way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. -- Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or crook." -- Spenser.
Off the hook, Freed from some obligation or difficulty; as, to get off the hook by getting someone else to do the job. [Colloq.]
Off the hooks, Unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] "In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river." -- Pepys.
On one's own hook, On one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] -- Bartlett.
To go off the hooks, To die. [Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Bid hook, A small boat hook.
Chain hook. See under Chain.
Deck hook, A horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.
Hook and eye, One of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.
Hook bill (Zool.), The strongly curved beak of a bird.
Hook ladder, A ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.
Hook motion (Steam Engin.), A valve gear which is reversed by V hooks.
Hook squid, Any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis.
Hook wrench, A wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
Hooked (imp. & p. p.) of Hook.
Hooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hook.