adj white or whitish.
2. hoary ·adj moldy; mossy; musty.
3. hoary ·adj of a pale silvery gray.
4. hoary ·adj remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
5. hoary ·adj white or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
6. hoary ·adj covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.