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<hw>Hos"tel*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hostelrie</ets>, <ets>hostelrye</ets>, <ets>ostelrie</ets>, OF. <ets>hostelerie</ets>, fr. <ets>hostel</ets>. See <er>Hostel</er>.]</ety> <def>An inn; a lodging house.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <i>Chaucer</i>. "Homely brought up in a rude <i>hostelry</i>." <i>B. Jonson</i>.

<blockquote>Come with me to the <b>hostelry</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hostess</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Host"ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hostesse</ets>, <ets>ostesse</ets>. See <er>Host</er> a landlord.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hostess-ship</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Host"ess-ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The character, personality, or office of a hostess.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hostie</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"tie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See 1st <er>Host</er>.]</ety> <def>The consecrated wafer; the host.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Hostile</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"tile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hostilis</ets>, from <ets>hostis</ets> enemy: cf. F. <ets>hostile</ets>. See <er>Host</er> an army.]</ety> <def>Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; <as>as, a <ex>hostile</ex> force; <ex>hostile</ex> intentions; a <ex>hostile</ex> country; <ex>hostile</ex> to a sudden change.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.</syn>

<h1>Hostile</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"tile</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>P. H. Sheridan.</i>

<h1>Hostilely</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos"tile*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hostile manner.</def>

<h1>Hostility</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hos*til"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hostilities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>hostilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hostilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hostility</b> being thus suspended with France. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.</def>

<blockquote>We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our <b>hostilities</b> with humanity. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He who proceeds to wanton <b>hostility</b>, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. <i>Crabb.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.</syn>