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Hoary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hoary? [adj] (biology) covered with fine whitish hairs or down [adj] ancient; "hoary jokes" [adj] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hoary: canescent \| gray \| gray-haired \| gray-headed \| grey \| grey-haired \| grey-headed \| hairy \| hirsute \| hoar \| old \| rusty \| white-haired Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hoary: acknowledged \| admitted \| advanced \| advanced in life \| advanced in years \| aged \| ageless \| age-old \| along in years \| ancient \| antediluvian \| antique \| argent \| argentine \| auld \| canescent \| chalky \| conventional \| cretaceous \| customary \| dateless \| elderly \| established \| fixed \| fleecy-white \| folk \| frost-beaded \| frostbound \| frost-chequered \| frost-covered \| frosted \| frost-fettered \| frostlike \| frost-rent \| frosty \| frosty-faced \| gray \| gray with age \| gray-haired \| gray-headed \| grizzled \| grizzly \| grown old \| hallowed \| handed down \| heroic \| hoar \| hoar-frosted \| hoaryheaded \| immemorial \| inveterate \| lactescent \| legendary \| lily-white \| long-established \| long-standing \| marble \| marmoreal \| milky \| mythological \| niveous \| of long standing \| of old \| of the folk \| of yore \| old \| old as history \| old as Methuselah \| old as time \| olden \| old-time \| oral \| patriarchal \| platinum \| prescriptive \| pure white \| received \| recognized \| rimed \| rime-frosted \| rooted \| senectuous \| silver \| silver-bearded \| silvered \| silver-headed \| silvery \| snow-white \| snowy \| swan-white \| time-honored \| timeless \| timeworn \| traditional \| tried and true \| true-blue \| understood \| unwritten \| venerable \| white \| white as snow \| white with age \| white-bearded \| white-crowned \| white-haired \| worshipful \| wrinkled \| wrinkly \| years old See Also \| Hoary In Webster's Dictionary \Hoar"y\, a. 1. White or whitish. ``The hoary willows.'' --Addison. 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. --Dr. T. Dwight. 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity. 4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles. 5. (Zo["o]l.) Of a pale silvery gray. 6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. {Hoary bat} (Zo["o]l.), an American bat ({Atalapha cinerea}), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

Hoary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hoary?

[adj] (biology) covered with fine whitish hairs or down
[adj] ancient; "hoary jokes"
[adj] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"

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Hoary In Webster's Dictionary

\Hoar"y\, a.
1. White or whitish. ``The hoary willows.'' --Addison.

2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.

         Reverence the hoary head.             --Dr. T.
                                               Dwight.

3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.

4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles.

5. (Zo["o]l.) Of a pale silvery gray.

6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs;
   canescent.

{Hoary bat} (Zo["o]l.), an American bat ({Atalapha cinerea}),
   having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

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