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Hortative (?), n. An exhortation. [Obs.]
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Hortatory (?), a. [L. hortatorius.] Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.
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Hortensial (?), a. [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr. hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.] Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Horticultor (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hortus garden + cultor a cultivator, colere to cultivate.] One who cultivates a garden.
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Horticultural (?), a. [Cf. F. horticultural.] Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.
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Horticulture (?), n. [L. hortus garden + cultura culture: cf. F. horticulture. See an inclosure, and .] The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
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Horticulturist (?), n. One who practices horticulture.
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Hortulan (?), a. [L. hortulanus; hortus garden.] Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Hortus siccus (?). [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.
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Hortyard (?), n. An orchard. [Obs.]
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Hosanna (h�zănnȧ), n.; pl. Hosannas (-nȧz). [Gr. �, fr. Heb. hōshī'āh nnāsave now, save, we pray, hōshīa' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of yāsha') + nā, a particle.] A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. “Hosanna to the Highest.” Milton.
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Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.
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Hose (hōz), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (hōz'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.
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These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21.
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His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank. Shak.
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2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
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3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
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Coloq. Hose carriage , Coloq. Hose cart , or Coloq. Hose truck , a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. -- Coloq. Hose company , a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] -- Coloq. Hose coupling , coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Coloq. Hose wrench , a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.
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Hosen (?), n. pl. See . [Archaic]
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hosepipe n. A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas.
Syn. -- hose.
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Hosier (?), n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
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Hosiery (?), n. 1. The business of a hosier.
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2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
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Hospice (?), n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See a landlord.] A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
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Hospitable (?), a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See a landlord.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. Shak.
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2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.
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To where you taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray. Goldsmith.
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Hospitableness, n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.
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Hospitably, adv. In a hospitable manner.
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Hospitage (?), n. [LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See .] Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Hospital (?), n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. hôpital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See a landlord, and cf. , , .] 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
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Coloq. Hospital ship , a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. -- Coloq. Hospital Sunday , a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.
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Hospital, a. [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.] Hospitable. [Obs.] Howell.
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Hospitaler (?), n. [Written also hospitaller.] [F. hospitalier. See , and cf. .] 1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.
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2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.
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hospitalisation, hospitalization n. medical care in a hospital; also, the period during which one receives care in a hospital.
Syn. -- hospital care.
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hospitalisation insurance n. A form of medical insurance that pays for all or part of the fees for a person's residence and treatment in a hospital.
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hospitalise (?), v. t. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, for observation, or for rest. [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn. -- hospitalize.
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Hospitalism (?), n. (Med.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
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Hospitality (?), n.; pl. Hospitalities (#). [L. hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalité.] The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.
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Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13.
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And little recks to find the way to heaven
By doing deeds of hospitality. Shak.
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Hospitalize (?), v. t. 1. (Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. [Archaic]
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2. To place (a person) in a hospital in order to receive medical treatment, observation, or for rest.
Syn. -- hospitalise.
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Hospitate (?), v. i. [L. hospitatus, p. p. of hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest.] To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.] Grew.
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Hospitate, v. t. To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Hospitium (?), n. [L. See .] 1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [Obs.]
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2. (Law) An inn of court.
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Hospodar (?), n. [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.] A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Rumania.
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Host (hōst), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
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☞ In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
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Host (hōst), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See , and cf. a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war.
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A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden.
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2. Any great number or multitude; a throng.
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Luke ii. 13.
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All at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils. Wordsworth.
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Host (hōst), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. hôte, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See an army, , and cf. , .] 1. One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer. “Fair host and Earl.” Tennyson.
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Time is like a fashionable host,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.
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2. (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
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Host, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Host, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] “Where you shall host.” Shak.
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Hosta prop. n. A genus of robust East Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in the family Hostaceae.
Syn. -- genus Hosta, Funka, genus Funka.
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Hostaceae prop. n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta.
Syn. -- family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae.
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Hostage (?), n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. ôtage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See a landlord.] A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
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Your hostages I have, so have you mine;
And we shall talk before we fight. Shak.
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He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon.
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Hostel (?), n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See , and cf. .] 1. An inn. [Archaic] Poe.
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So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson.
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2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Holinshed.
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Hosteler (?), n. [See , and cf. .] 1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.
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2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Hostelry (?), n. [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See .] An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] Chaucer. “Homely brought up in a rude hostelry.” B. Jonson.
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Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow.
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Hostess (?), n. [OE. hostesse, ostesse. See a landlord.] 1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. Shak.
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2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak.
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Hostess-ship, n. The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.
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Hostie (?), n. [F. See 1st .] The consecrated wafer; the host. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
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Hostile (?), a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See an army.] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Syn. -- Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.
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Hostile, n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] P. H. Sheridan.
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Hostilely, adv. In a hostile manner.
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hostile takeover n. (Finance) the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management. A person who is the main principal in performing such a buyout is called a .
Syn. -- hostile buyout.
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hostilities n. pl. 1. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration, during which the international rules of war apply.
Syn. -- war, state of war, hot war.
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We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. Atterbury.
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2. acts of overt warfare.
Syn. -- belligerency.
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Hostility (?), n.; pl. Hostilities (#). [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilité.] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
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Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward.
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2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See
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He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. Crabb.

Syn. -- Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.
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Hostilize (?), v. t. To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. [Obs.] A. Seward.
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Hosting (?), n. [From an army.] [Obs.] 1. An encounter; a battle. “Fierce hosting.” Milton.
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2. A muster or review. Spenser.
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Hostler (?), n. [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF. hostelier, F. hôtelier. See , and cf. , .] 1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See .
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2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
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3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
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Hostless (?), a. Inhospitable. [Obs.] “A hostless house.” Spenser.
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Host plant. (Agric.) A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.
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Hostry (?), n. [OE. hosterie, osterie, OF. hosterie. See a landlord.] 1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] Marlowe.
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2. A stable for horses. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Hot (?), imp. & p. p. of . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Hot (?), a. [Compar. Hotter (?); superl. Hottest (?).] [OE. hot, hat, AS. hāt; akin to OS. hēt, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heitō fever, hais torch. Cf. .] 1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. “A hotvenison pasty.” Shak.
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2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
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Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. Dryden.
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There was mouthing in hot haste. Byron.
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3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. Shak.
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4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
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Coloq. Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. -- Coloq. Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. -- Coloq. Hot well (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump. -- Coloq. In hot water (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.
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Hotbed (?), n. 1. (Gardening) A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
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2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
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Hot blast (?). See under .
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Hot-blooded (?), a. Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.
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Hot-brained (?), a. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.

{Hot bulb, Hot pot}. (Internal-combustion Engines) See , below.
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Hotchkiss gun (?) [After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.] A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It is made in France.
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{ Hotchpot (?), Hotchpotch (?), } n. [F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See , and , and cf. .] 1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge.
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A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. Bacon.
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2. (Law) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. Bouvier. Tomlins.
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☞ This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See . Bouvier. Tomlins.
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Hotcockles (?), n. [Hot + cockle, cockle being perh. corrupt. fr. knuckle. Cf. F. main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.] A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
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hot cross bun (-bŭn), n. A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday; called also cross bun.
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Hote (?), v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte (?), Hot (�), etc.; p. p. Hote, Hoten (�), Hot, etc. See , .] 1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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2. To promise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
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There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. Chaucer.
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hotei-chiku n. A small bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) of Southeast China having slender culms flexuous when young.
Syn. -- fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea.
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Hotel (?), n. [F. hôtel, OF. hostel. See .] 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
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2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.
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Hôtel-de-ville (?), n. [F.] A city hall or townhouse.
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Hôtel-Dieu (?), n. [F.] A hospital.
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hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman n. an owner or manager of a hotel or hotels.
Syn. -- hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller.
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Hoten (?), p. p. of .
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Hotfoot (?), adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
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Hot-head (?), n. A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Hot-headed, a. quickly and easily aroused to anger; fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement; as, a hot-headed commander. [wns=1] Macaulay.
Syn. -- choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered.
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hotheaded adj. 1. same as .
Syn. -- choleric, irascible, hot-headed, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered.
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2. liable to act with undue haste and without consideration.
Syn. -- brainish, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(prenominal).
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Hothouse (?), n. 1. 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.
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2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
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