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In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]

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.

In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.

The quality or state of being hot.

e, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.

A rash, hot-headed man. Holinshed.

Violent; impetuous; headstrong. Spenser. Peacham.

The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon. -- Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot (a), under Elephant.…

A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering. Tylor.

Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. [R.] Smart.

A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.

The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

Without light.

A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.

The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.

A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.

The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets. --As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al (#), a.

A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight.

An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds.