Part 5378

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<hw>Hool</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Whole.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Hoo"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small black gibbon (<spn>Hylobates hoolock</spn>), found in the mountains of Assam.</def>

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<hw>Hoom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Home.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Hoo"noo*maun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Indian monkey. See <er>Entellus</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hoonuman</asp>.]</altsp>

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<hw>Hoop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hope</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hoep</ets>, <ets>hoepel</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>Though stiff with <b>hoops</b>, and armed with ribs of whale. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Bulge hoop</col>, <col>Chine hoop</col>, <col>Quarter hoop</col></mcol>, <cd>the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.</cd> -- <col>Flat hoop</col>, <cd>a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.</cd> -- <col>Half-round hoop</col>, <cd>a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.</cd> -- <col>Hoop iron</col>, <cd>iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops.</cd> -- <col>Hoop lock</col>, <cd>the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them.</cd> -- <col>Hoop skirt</col>, <cd>a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also <altname>hoop petticoat</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Hoop snake</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a harmless snake of the Southern United States (<spn>Abaster erythrogrammus</spn>); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity.</cd> -- <col>Hoop tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a small West Indian tree (<spn>Melia sempervirens</spn>), of the Mahogany family.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Hoop</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hooped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hooping</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bind or fasten with hoops; <as>as, to <ex>hoop</ex> a barrel or puncheon</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To clasp; to encircle; to surround.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hoop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>houpen</ets>; cf. F. <ets>houper</ets> to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. <ets>houp</ets>, an interj. used in calling. Cf. <er>Whoop</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.</def> <altsp>[Usually written <asp>whoop</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To whoop, as in whooping cough. See <er>Whoop</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Hooping cough</col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Whooping cough</er>.</cd></cs>

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