† hoaredadj.
/hɔːd/ Obsolete.
1. Made or grown hoary.
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > grey, hoary
grey1207
hoarc1290
frostya1450
forhoaredc1450
grizzled1458
hoary1530
hoared1557
greyish1567
wintry1579
silver1590
silveredc1600
silver-grey1607
frosted1628
iron-grey1809
iron-greyed1826
grizzly1843
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 120/2 My whyte heares, and hored bearde.
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 4 Now hored age with stealing steps creepes in.
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary iii. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XII. 253 I no where hoart yfeel but on mine head [cf. hoar adj. 1].
2. Grown mouldy.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
mocha1522
hoary1530
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
mowsy1566
foistied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
musted1632
mouldish1648
emucid1656
mucid1656
mungy1658
mouldly1678
foisted1688
mothery1697
vinnewya1722
rusty-fustya1790
musty-fusty1857
mucidous1866
blue-vinnied1880
blue-veined1898
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
hoary1530
moskin1531
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
foistied1572
mustied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
mildewed1605
musted1632
mucid1656
mungy1658
foisted1688
vinnewya1722
mochy1825
musty-smelling1852
musty-fusty1857
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) ii. xx They toke hored brede in theyr scryppes.
1551 Bible (Matthew's) Josh. ix. 5 All their prouysyon of breade was dried vp and hored.
Compounds
hoared-headed adj. hoar-headed.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream (1623) ii. i. 107 We see The seasons alter; hoared [1600 hoary] headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson Rose.
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