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Hor"ti*cul`ture (?), n. [L. hortus garden + cultura culture: cf. F. horticulture. See Yard an inclosure, and Culture.] The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

Hor`ti*cul"tur*ist (?), n. One who practices horticulture.

Hor"tu*lan (?), a. [L. hortulanus; hortus garden.] Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.

||Hor"tus sic"cus (?). [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of ||plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an ||herbarium.

Hort"yard (?), n. An orchard. [Obs.]

Ho*san"na (h*zn"n), n.; pl. Hosannas (- nz). [Gr. &?;, fr. Heb. hsh'h nnsave now, save, we pray, hsha' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of ysha') + n, a particle.] A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest." Milton.

Hosanna to the Son of David.

Matt. xxi. 9.

Hose (hz), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (h"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.

These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments.

Dan. iii. 21.

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank.

Shak.

2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.

3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.

Hose carriage, cart, or truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. -- Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] -- Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

Ho"sen (?), n. pl. See Hose. [Archaic]

Ho"sier (?), n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.

Ho"sier*y (?), n. 1. The business of a hosier.

2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.

Hos"pice (?), n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.] A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.

Hos"pi*ta*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. Shak.

2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.

To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

Goldsmith.

Hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.

Hos"pi*ta*bly, adv. In a hospitable manner.

Hos"pi*tage (?), n. [LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See Hospice.] Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser.