HOAR


Meaning of HOAR in English

adj. & n. literary

adj. 1 grey-haired with age. 2 greyish-white. 3 (of a thing) grey with age.

n. 1 = hoar-frost. 2 hoariness. hoar-frost frozen water vapour deposited in clear still weather on vegetation etc.

[ OE har f. Gmc ]

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