Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 49
Hosting (n.) [Obs.] A muster or review. -- Spenser.
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Hostler (n.) An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
Hostler (n.) The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
Hostler (n.) (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
Hostler (n.) Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler].
Hostless (a.) Inhospitable. [Obs.] "A hostless house." -- Spenser.
Hostry (n.) A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] -- Marlowe.
Hostry (n.) A stable for horses. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Hot () imp. & p. p. of Hote. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Hot (a.) Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. "A hotvenison pasty." -- Shak.
Hot (a.) Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. -- Dryden.
There was mouthing in hot haste. -- Byron.
Hot (a.) Lustful; lewd; lecherous. -- Shak.
Hot (a.) Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
Hot wall (Gardening), A wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit.
Hot well (Condensing Engines), A receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.
In hot water (Fig.), In trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]
Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.
Hotbed (n.) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
Hotbed (n.) A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
Hot blast () See under Blast.
Hot-blooded (a.) Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.
Hot-brained (a.) Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth.
Hotchpot (n.) Alt. of Hotchpotch.
Hotchpotch (n.) A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.
Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given.
Hotcockles (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
Hatte (pres. & imp.) of Hote.
Hot () of Hote.
Hote (p. p.) of Hote.
Hoten () of Hote.
Hot () of Hote.
Hote (v. t. & i.) To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Hote (v. t. & i.) To promise. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hote (v. t. & i.) To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. -- Chaucer.
Compare: Hight
Hight (v. t. & i.) To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote.
The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. -- Chaucer.
Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. -- Surrey.
Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. -- Longfellow.
Childe Harold was he hight. -- Byron.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. -- Spenser.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. -- Spenser.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To promise. [Obs.]
He had hold his day, as he had hight. -- Chaucer.
Hot (a.) Used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold].
Hot (a.) Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging].
Hot (a.) Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold].
Hot (a.) (Color) Bold and intense; "hot pink."
Hot (a.) Sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants."
Hot (a.) Recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car."
Hot (a.) Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot].
Hot (a.) Wanted by the police; "a hot suspect."
Hot (a.) Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy].
Hot (a.) Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight".
Hot (a.) Very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season."
Hot (a.) Very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water."
Hot (a.) Newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: hot, red-hot].
Hot (a.) Having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight."
Hot (a.) Very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history."
Hot (a.) Newly made; "a hot scent".
Hot (a.) Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel."
Hot (a.) Of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot."
Hot (a.) Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory."
Hot (a.) Charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live].
Hot (a.) Marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market."
Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
Hotel (n.) In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.
Hotel (n.) A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services.
Hotel-de-ville (n.) [F.] A city hall or townhouse.
Hotel-Dieu (n.) [F.] A hospital. Hotelkeeper; Hotelier
Hoten () p. p. of Hote.
Hotfoot (adv.) In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
Hotfoot (adv.) Without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston."
Hotfoot (n.) A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it.
Hotfoot (v.) Move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger].
Hot-head (n.) A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
Hot-headed (a.) Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
Hothouse (n.) A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
Hothouse (n.) A bagnio, or bathing house.
Hothouse (n.) A brothel; a bagnio.
Hothouse (n.) A heated room for drying green ware.
Hot-livered (a.) Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.
Hotly (a.) In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.
Hotly (a.) In a lustful manner; lustfully.
Hot-mouthed (a.) Headstrong.
Hotness (n.) The quality or state of being hot.
Hotness (n.) Heat or excitement of mind or manner; violence; vehemence; impetuousity; ardor; fury.
Hotpress (v. t.) To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
Hotpressed (a.) Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
Hot-short (a.) More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.
Hot-spirited (a.) Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed.
Hotspur (n.) A rash, hot-headed man.
Hotspur (a.) Alt. of Hotspurred.
Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
Hottentot (n.) One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.
Hottentot (n.) The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds.
Hottentotism (n.) A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
Houdah (n.) See Howdah.
Hough (n.) Same as Hock, a joint.
Houghed (imp. & p. p.) of Hough.
Houghing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hough.
Hough (v. t.) Same as Hock, to hamstring.
Hough (n.) An adz; a hoe.
Hough (v. t.) To cut with a hoe.
Houlet (n.) An owl. See Howlet.
Hoult (n.) A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt.
Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
Hound (n.) A despicable person.
Hound (n.) A houndfish.
Hound (n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Hounded (imp. & p. p.) of Hound.
Hounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hound.
Hound (v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
Houndfish (n.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
Hounding (n.) The act of one who hounds.
Hounding (n.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.
Houp (n.) See Hoopoe.
Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
Hour (n.) The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
Hour (n.) Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
Hour (n.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
Hour (n.) A measure of distance traveled.
Hourglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
Houris (n. pl. ) of Houri.
Houri (n.) A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
Hourly (a.) Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
Hourly (adv.) Every hour; frequently; continually.
Hours (n. pl.) Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.
Housage (n.) A fee for keeping goods in a house.
Houses (n. pl. ) of House.
House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
House (n.) Household affairs; domestic concerns; particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
House (n.) A family of ancestors,
descendants, and kindred; a race of persons from the same stock; a tribe;
especially, a noble family or an illustrious race; as, the house of Austria;
the house of
House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament.
House (n.) A firm, or commercial establishment.
House (n.) A public house; an inn; a hotel.