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<hw>Hod"den*gray`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Perh. akin to E. <ets>hoiden</ets> rustic, clownish.]</ety> <def>Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Hoddy</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hod"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. for <ets>hooded</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Dun crow</cref>, under <er>Dun</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Hoddydoddy</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hod"dy*dod`dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. E. also <ets>hoddypeke</ets>, <ets>hoddypoule</ets>, <ets>hoddymandoddy</ets>.]</ety> <def>An awkward or foolish person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Hodgepodge</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hodge"podge`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mixed mass; a medley. See <er>Hotchpot</er>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Hodgkin's disease</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hodg`kin's dis*ease"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition characterized by progressive an\'91mia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. <i>Hodgkin</i>, an English physician.</def>

<h1>Hodiern, Hodiernal</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw><hw>Ho"di*ern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho`di*er"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hodiernus</ets>, fr. <ets>hodie</ets> today.]</ety> <def>Of this day; belonging to the present day.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Boyle. Quart. Rev.</i>

<h1>Hodman</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hod"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hodmen</plw>(<?/).</plu> <def>A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.</def>

<h1>Hodmandod</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hod"man*dod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Dodman</er>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Hodograph</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hod"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/ path + <ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.</def>

<h1>Hodometer</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Ho*dom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Odometer</er>.</def>

<h1>Hoe</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hoe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>hoe</ets>, F. <ets>houe</ets>; of German origin, cf. OHG. <ets>houwa</ets>, <ets>howa</ets>, G. <ets>haue</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>houwan</ets> to hew. See <er>Hew</er> to cut.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The horned or piked dogfish. See <er>Dogfish</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Dutch hoe</col>, <cd>one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.</cd> -- <col>Horse hoe</col>, <cd>a kind of cultivator.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoe</h1> <Xpage=697>