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<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> White or gray with age; hoar; as, <b>hoary</b> hairs.

<blockquote>Reverence the <b>hoary</b> head. <i>Dr. T. Dwight.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence, remote in time past; <as>as, <ex>hoary</ex> antiquity</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Moldy; mossy; musty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Knolles.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of a pale silvery gray.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.</def>

<cs><col>Hoary bat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an American bat (<spn>Atalapha cinerea</spn>), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoatzin</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Ho"at*zin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hoazin</er>.</def>

<h1>Hoax</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hoax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. contr. fr. <ets>hocus</ets>, in <ets>hocus-pocus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Hoax</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hoax</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hoaxed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hoaxing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Hoaxer</h1> <Xpage=697>

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

<h1>Hoazin</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hoa"zin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A remarkable South American bird (<spn>Opisthocomus cristatus</spn>); the crested touraco. By some zo\'94logists it is made the type of a distinct order (<spn>Opisthocomi</spn>).</def>

<h1>Hob</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. akin to <ets>hump</ets>. Cf. <er>Hub</er>. ]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The hub of a wheel. See <er>Hub</er>.</def>

<i>Washington.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.</def>