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<h1>Hive</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hive</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Hiveless</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hive"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of a hive.</def>

<i>Gascoigne.</i>

<h1>Hiver</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hiv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who collects bees into a hive.</def>

<h1>Hives</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hives</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot.; perh. akin to E. <ets>heave</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The croup.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An eruptive disease <fld>(Varicella globularis)</fld>, allied to the chicken pox.</def>

<h1>Hizz</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hizz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To hiss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ho</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Ho</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>Who. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> In some Chaucer MSS.</def>

<h1>Ho, Hoa</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw><hw>Ho</hw>, <hw>Hoa</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ho</er>, <tt>interj.</tt>, 2.]</ety> <def>A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.</def>

<blockquote>There is no <b>ho</b> with them. <i>Decker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ho, Hoa</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw><hw>Ho</hw>, <hw>Hoa</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. & G. <ets>ho</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.</def> "What noise there, <i>ho</i>?"

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>"<b>Ho</b>! who's within?" <i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Perhaps corrupted fr. <ets>hold</ets>; but cf. F. <ets>hau</ets> stop! and E. <ets>whoa</ets>.]</ety> <def>Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>whoa</asp>, and, formerly, <asp>hoo</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "<b>Hoo</b>!" <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An herald on a scaffold made an <b>hoo</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoar</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hoar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hor</ets>, <ets>har</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'ber</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>h\'berr</ets>, and to OHG. <ets>h&emac;r</ets> illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. <ets>Hei&edh;</ets> brightness of the sky, Goth. <ets>hais</ets> torch, Skr. <ets>k&emac;tus</ets> light, torch. Cf. <er>Hoary</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>White, or grayish white: as, <i>hoar</i> frost; <i>hoar</i> cliffs.</def> "<i>Hoar</i> waters."

<i>Spenser.</i>

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