Dictionary Entry

hoar

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/hɔː/Used In Literature ↓

A white or greyish-white colour.

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Common Phrases

frost hoar. hoarantiquity hoarcross hoarhoar senatorhoar judgehoar samuelhoar elizabeth

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Poetry examples for “hoar”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The kingdoms to Ocean and Earth assigned,
The hoar sea-fields from the cornfield’s gold,
His wine-bright waves from her vineyards’ fold,

As a bird's poised for vehement flight.
Full-fledged with plumes of tawny fire and hoar grey light.

And winter comes which is yet colder;
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder
And the last buds cease blowing.

That, if thou touch it, stirs in its dream dark;
And the flush'd Robin, in the evenings hoar,
Does of Love's Day, as if he saw it, sing;

Harris, Hartranft, Hawley, Hazen, Hendricks, Hill,
D.H., Hill, D. B., Hoar, Hooker, Hood, Howard,
Hobson, Hunt, Hunter. |, J. K, L—Ingalls, J. J.

And now can never see it again;
Yet, as if by acquaintance hoar
Endeared, by gladness and by pain,

This July eve, and question, wondering,
What of the lattermath to this hoar Spring?

To one that knows not Lad's-love, or Old Man,
The hoar-green feathery herb, almost a tree,
Growing with rosemary and lavender.

To keep at bay
Age and age's evils, hoar hair,
Ruck and wrinkle, drooping, dying, death's worst, winding

To keep at bay
Age and age's evils, hoar hair,
Ruck and wrinkle, drooping, dying, death's worst, winding