hoar
part of speech
adjective (no comparative in use)
meaning for a pupil
1) Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost». tree →
2) (old use) Hoar means very old or ancient, as in «hoar antiquity». tree →
sense in the lessons
an old word for white-grey frost; in the lessons it can mean very old times
examples
- Trees were covered with hoar frost. tree →
- The hoar grass sparkled in the morning sun. tree →
- The tale comes from hoar antiquity. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
- And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Trees and pragmatics
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