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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gray or white with age; hoary.</def>

<blockquote>Whose beard with age is <b>hoar</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Old trees with trunks all <b>hoar</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Musty; moldy; stale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hoar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hoariness; antiquity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Covered with the awful <b>hoar</b> of innumerable ages. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hoar</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'berian</ets> to grow gray.]</ety> <def>To become moldy or musty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hoard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hoarding</er>, 2.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

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<hw>Hoard</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hord</ets>, AS. <ets>hord</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>hord</ets>, G. <ets>hort</ets>, Icel. <ets>hodd</ets>, Goth. <ets>huzd</ets>; prob. from the root of E. <ets>hide</ets> to conceal, and of L. <ets>custos</ets> guard, E. <ets>custody</ets>. See <er>Hide</er> to conceal.]</ety> <def>A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; <as>as, a <ex>hoard</ex> of provisions; a <ex>hoard</ex> of money.</as></def>

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<hw>Hoard</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hoarded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hoarding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>hordian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; <as>as, to <ex>hoard</ex> grain</as>.</def>

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<hw>Hoard</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lay up a store or hoard, as of money.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>hoard</b> for those whom he did breed. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoarder</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hoard"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hoards.</def>

<h1>Hoarding</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hoard"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From OF. <ets>hourd</ets>, <ets>hourt</ets>, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. <ets>horde</ets> hurdle, fence, G. <ets>horde</ets>, <ets>h\'81rde</ets>; akin to E. <ets>hurdle</ets>. &root;16. See <er>Hurdle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>Posted on every dead wall and <b>hoarding</b>. <i>London Graphic</b>.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.</def>

<blockquote>The whole arrangement was surrounded by a <b>hoarding</b>, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. <i>Tyndall.</i></blockquote>