Part 5406

<blockquote>There was mouthing in <b>hot</b> haste. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lustful; lewd; lecherous.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Acrid; biting; pungent; <as>as, <ex>hot</ex> as mustard</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Hot bed</col> <fld>(Iron Manuf.)</fld>, <cd>an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.</cd> -- <col>Hot wall</col> <fld>(Gardening)</fld>, <cd>a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit.</cd> -- <col>Hot well</col> <fld>(Condensing Engines)</fld>, <cd>a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.</cd> -- <col>In hot water</col> (<it>Fig.<it>), <cd>in trouble; in difficulties.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.</syn>

<h1>Hotbed</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"bed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gardening)</fld> <def>A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place which favors rapid growth or development; <as>as, a <ex>hotbed</ex> of sedition</as>.</def>

<h1>Hot blast</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot" blast`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Blast</er>.</def>

<h1>Hot-blooded</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"-blood`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.</def>

<h1>Hot-brained</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"-brained`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; <as>as, <ex>hot-brained</ex> youth</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Hotchpot, Hotchpotch</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw><hw>Hotch"pot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hotch"potch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hochepot</ets>, fr. <ets>hocher</ets> to shake + <ets>pot</ets> pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. <ets>hutspot</ets> hotchpotch, D. <ets>hotsen</ets>, <ets>hutsen</ets>, to shake. See <er>Hustle</er>, and <er>Pot</er>, and cf. <er>Hodgepodge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.</def>

<blockquote>A mixture or <b>hotchpotch</b> of many tastes. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given.</def>

<i>Bouvier. Tomlins.</i>

<note>&hand; This term has been applied in cases of salvage. <i>Story</i>. It corresponds in a measure with <i>collation</i> in the civil and Scotch law. See <er>Collation</er>.</note>

<i>Bouvier. Tomlins.</i>

<h1>Hotcockles</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"coc`kles</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hot</ets> + <ets>cockle</ets>, <ets>cockle</ets> being perh. corrupt. fr. <ets>knuckle</ets>. Cf. F. <ets>main chaude</ets> (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.]</ety> <def>A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.</def>

<h1>Hote</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>pres. & imp.</tt> <er>Hatte</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Hot</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, etc.; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Hote</er>, <er>Hoten</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <er>Hot</er>, etc. See <er>Hight</er>, <er>Hete</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To command; to enjoin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>