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Definition of Hory

Hoar"y (?), a. 1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows." Addison.

2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.

Reverence the hoary head.
Dr. T. Dwight.

3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.

4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.

5. (Zoöl.) Of a pale silvery gray.

6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.

Hoary bat(Zoöl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • white or gray with age
          the old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence
  • (zoology) of a pale silvery gray.
  • (botany) covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
  • (obsolete) remote in time past
  • (obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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