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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To promise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be called; to be named.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There as I was wont to <b>hote</b> Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hotel</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Ho*tel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>h\'93tel</ets>, OF. <ets>hostel</ets>. See <er>Hostel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.</def>

<h1>H\'93tel-de-ville</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>H\'93tel`-de-ville"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A city hall or townhouse.</def>

<h1>H\'93tel-Dieu</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>H\'93tel`-Dieu"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A hospital.</def>

<h1>Hoten</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Hote</er>.</def>

<h1>Hotfoot</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In haste; foothot.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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

<hw>Hot"-head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; <as>as, the rant of a <ex>hot-head</ex></as>.</def>

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

<hw>Hot"-head`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Hothouse</h1> <Xpage=708>

<hw>Hot"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bagnio, or bathing house.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A brothel; a bagnio.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Pottery)</fld> <def>A heated room for drying green ware.</def>

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