Defn: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
HOAR
Hoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]
Defn: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
HOARD
Hoard, n.
Defn: See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
HOARD
Hoard, n. Etym: [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel.
hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of
L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.]
Defn: A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
HOARD
Hoard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.] Etym:
[AS. hordian.]
Defn: To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.
HOARD
Hoard, v. i.