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Who. [Obs.] In some Chaucer MSS.

A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. Decker.

White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.

See Hoarding, 2. Smart.

One who hoards.

A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.

Moldy; musty. [Obs.] Granmer.

The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.

Same as Horehound.

The state of being hoary. Dryden.

voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

With a harsh, grating sound or voice.

To make hoarse. I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice. Richardson.

Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

A stone designating the Halliwell.

White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison.

Same as Hoazin.

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

One who hoaxes.

A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoölogists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).