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Hoar

Hoar meaning

A white or greyish-white colour. | Hoariness; antiquity.

Example sentences (14)

A spokesperson for Worcestershire Highways and Travel said: "Road temperatures are falling to around or just below zero in places tonight with a risk of hoar frost, however potential sub-zero temperatures will be short-lived and followed by heavy rain.

Matt Hoar carved out two smooth turns on a set wave to score 6.5 points in the Open Men's division, beating out Brandon Feledyk and Roundhouse Ramsey.

Mazin, Druckmann, Hoar, Offerman and Bartlett all spoke with about how this episode came together, why it diverged so much from the game, and what it does — or doesn’t — portend for the rest of the series.

We were back in the ballroom the following morning for the Hoar Cross Hall buffet breakfast.

The Big Bird Watch at Hoar Cross Care Home not only provided an opportunity for the residents to engage with nature but also highlighted the importance of wildlife conservation in Burton.

Andrade was tapped in November 2017 to serve as Correia’s third chief of staff after Christopher Parayno and retired police Sgt. Michael Hoar resigned.

The two independents on the ballot, Tiffany (I live in Portland) Bond and Will (I’m unknown, but also invisible) Hoar are running low-budget to no-budget campaigns that will draw just enough votes from Golden to give Poliquin a first-round victory.

Depth hoar crystals grow continuously at the expense of neighbouring smaller crystals, so typically are visibly stepped and have faceted hollows.

Etymology The Oxford English Dictionary derives the word from two Old English forms: "hoar" ("white," "light-colored," as in "hoarfrost") and "hune" a word of unknown origin designating a class of herbs or plants.

Hoar frost may freeze in such low-lying cold air even when the air temperature a few feet above ground is well above freezing.

Huscroft Norman Conquest p. 124 Harold camped at Caldbec Hill on the night of 13 October, near what was described as a "hoar-apple tree".

In April 1844 he and his friend Edward Hoar accidentally set a fire that consumed convert of Walden Woods.

The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, :Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, :Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic, :Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.

The name hoar comes from an Old English adjective that means "showing signs of old age"; in this context it refers to the frost that makes trees and bushes look like white hair.