Hope Hope intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hoped ; present participle & verbal noun Hoping .] [ Anglo-Saxon hopian ; akin to Dutch hopen , Swedish hopp... , Danish haabe , German hoffen . See 2nd Hope .] 1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for . " Hope for good success." Jer. Taylor.

But I will hope continually.

Ps. lxxi. 14.

2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in . "I hope in thy word." Ps. cxix. 81.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.

Ps. xlii. 11.

Hope Hope transitive verb 1. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.

We hope no other from your majesty.

Shak.

[ Charity] hopeth all things.

1 Cor. xiii. 7.

2. To expect; to fear. [ Obsolete] "I hope he will be dead." Chaucer.

» Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. "I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood." Mrs. Centlivre.

Hopeful Hope"ful adjective 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.

Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited.

Hooker.

2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. " Hopeful scholars." Addison.

-- Hope"ful*ly , adverb -- Hope"ful*ness , noun

Hopeite Hope"ite noun [ Named after Professor Hope , of Edinburgh.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.

Hopeless Hope"less adjective 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

I am a woman, friendless, hopeless .

Shak.

2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.

The hopeless word of "never to return"
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.

Shak.

3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [ Obsolete] Marston.

-- Hope"less*ly , adverb -- Hope"less*ness , noun

Hoper Hop"er noun One who hopes. Swift.

Hopingly Hop"ingˇly adverb In a hopeful manner. Hammond.

Hoplite Hop"lite noun [ Greek ..., from ... tool, weapon: confer French hoplite .] (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.

Hopped Hopped p. adjective Impregnated with hops.

Hopper Hop"per noun [ See 1st Hop .] 1. One who, or that which, hops.

2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.

3. (Mus.) See Grasshopper , 2.

4. plural A game. See Hopscotch . Johnson.

5. (Zoology) (a) See Grasshopper , and Frog hopper , Grape hopper , Leaf hopper , Tree hopper , under Frog , Grape , Leaf , and Tree . (b) The larva of a cheese fly.

6. (Nautical) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow .

Bell and hopper (Metal.) , the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. -- Hopper boy , a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls. -- Hopper closet , a water- closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. -- Hopper cock , a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet.

Hopperdozer Hop"perˇdoz`er noun [ Hopper (as in grass hopper ) + doze or dose ; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison.] (Agriculture) An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

Hopperings Hop"perˇings noun (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.

Hoppestere Hop`pesˇtere" adjective An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike." T. R. Lounsbury.

Hoppet Hop"pet noun 1. A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore. [ Prov. Eng.]

2. An infant in arms. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Hopping Hop"ping noun The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

Hopping Dick (Zoology) , a thrush of Jamaica ( Merula leucogenys ), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.

Hopping Hop"ping noun [ See 3rd Hop .] A gathering of hops.

Hopple Hop"ple transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hoppled ; present participle & verbal noun Hoppling .] [ From Hop ; confer Hobble .] 1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.

Hopple Hop"ple noun A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Hopplebush Hop"pleˇbush` noun Same as Hobblebush .

Hoppo Hop"po noun (a) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce. (b) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation. [ China]

Hoppo men , Chinese customhouse officers.

Hopscotch Hop"scotch` noun A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers .

Hopyard Hop"yard` noun A field where hops are raised.

Horal Ho"ral adjective [ Latin horalis , from hora hour. See Hour .] Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.

Horaly Ho"raˇly adverb Hourly. [ Obsolete]

Horary Ho"raˇry adjective [ Late Latin horarius , from Latin hora hour: confer French horaire . See Hour .] 1. Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. Spectator.

2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.

Horary , or soon decaying, fruits of summer.

Sir T. Browne.

Horary circles . See Circles .

Horatian Hoˇra"tian adjective Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.

Horde Horde (hōrd) noun [ French horde (cf. German horde ), from Turk. ordū , ordī , camp; of Tartar origin.] A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. Thomson.

Hordeic Horˇde"ic adjective [ Latin hordeum barley.] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.

Hordein Hor"deˇin noun [ Latin hordeum barley.] (Chemistry) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is a complex mixture. [ R.]

Hordeolum Horˇde"oˇlum noun [ New Latin , from Latin hordeolus , dim. of hordeum barley.] (Medicine) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.

Hordock Hor"dock` noun An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock .

Hore Hore adjective Hoar. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Horehound Hore"hound` noun [ Middle English horehune , Anglo-Saxon hārhune ; hār hoar, gray + hune horehound; confer Latin cunila a species of organum, Greek ..., Sanskrit kn...y to smell.] (Botany) A plant of the genus Marrubium ( M. vulgare ), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [ Written also hoarhound .]

Fetid horehound , or Black horehound , a disagreeable plant resembling horehound ( Ballota nigra ). -- Water horehound , a species of the genus Lycopus , resembling mint, but not aromatic.

Horizon Hoˇri"zon noun [ French, from Latin horizon , from Greek ... (sc. ...) the bounding line, horizon, from ... to bound, from ... boundary, limit.] 1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.

And when the morning sun shall raise his car
Above the border of this horizon .

Shak.

All the horizon round
Invested with bright rays.

Milton.

2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon . (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational or celestial horizon . (c) (Nautical) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.

3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.

The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon .

Le Conte.

4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.

Apparent horizon . See under Apparent . -- Artificial horizon , a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body. -- Celestial horizon . (Astron.) See def. 2, above. -- Dip of the horizon (Astron.) , the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former. -- Rational horizon , and Sensible horizon . (Astron.) See def. 2, above. -- Visible horizon . See definitions 1 and 2, above.

Horizontal Hor`iˇzon"tal adjective [ Confer French horizontal .] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. " Horizontal misty air." Milton.

2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontal line or surface.

3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.

Horizontal drill , a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. -- Horizontal engine , one the piston of which works horizontally. -- Horizontal fire (Mil.) , the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. -- Horizontal force (Physics) , the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. -- Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing) , a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. -- Horizontal parallax . See under Parallax . -- Horizontal plane (Descriptive Geometry) , a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection . It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. -- Horizontal projection , a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. -- Horizontal range (Gunnery) , the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. -- Horizontal water wheel , a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.

Horizontality Hor`iˇzonˇtal"iˇty noun [ Confer French horizontalité .] The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan.

Horizontally Hor`iˇzon"talˇly adverb In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally .

Hormogonium Hor`moˇgoˇni"um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...a chain + ... generation.] (Botany) A chain of small cells in certain algć, by which the plant is propagated.

Hormone Hor"mone (hôr"mōn) noun [ From Greek "orma`ein to excite.] (Physiol. Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.

Horn Horn noun [ Anglo-Saxon horn ; akin to Dutch horen , hoorn , G., Icelandic , Swedish , & Danish horn , Goth. haúrn , W., Gael., & Ir. corn , Latin cornu , Greek ..., and perhaps also to English cheer , cranium , cerebral ; confer Sanskrit çiras head. Confer Carat , Corn on the foot, Cornea , Corner , Cornet , Cornucopia , Hart .] 1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.

2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.

3. (Zoology) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout.

4. (Botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed ( Asclepias ).

5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn ; as: (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn under the castle wall." Spenser. See French horn , under French . (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. " Horns of mead and ale." Mason. (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia . "Fruits and flowers from Amalthća's horn ." Milton. (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for carrying liquids. "Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him [ David]." 1 Sam. xvi. 13. (e) The pointed beak of an anvil. (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (g) (Architecture) The Ionic volute. (h) (Nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar." 1 Kings ii. 28.

6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent- shaped.

The moon
Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns .

Thomson.

7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

Sharpening in mooned horns
Their phalanx.

Milton.

8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn .

9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride.

The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation.

Ps. xviii. 2.

10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural. "Thicker than a cuckold's horn ." Shak.

Horn block , the frame or pedestal in which a railway car axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate . -- Horn of a dilemma . See under Dilemma . -- Horn distemper , a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. -- Horn drum , a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. -- Horn lead (Chemistry) , chloride of lead. -- Horn maker , a maker of cuckolds. [ Obsolete] Shak. -- Horn mercury . (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below). -- Horn poppy (Botany) , a plant allied to the poppy ( Glaucium luteum ), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and Virginia; -- called also horned poppy . Gray. -- Horn pox (Medicine) , abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox. -- Horn quicksilver (Min.) , native calomel, or bichloride of mercury. -- Horn shell (Zoology) , any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod shell, of the genus Cerithium , and allied genera. -- Horn silver (Min.) , cerargyrite. -- Horn slate , a gray, siliceous stone. -- To haul in one's horns , to withdraw some arrogant pretension. [ Colloq.] -- To raise, or lift , the horn (Script.) , to exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. "'Gainst them that raised thee dost thou lift thy horn ?" Milton. -- To take a horn , to take a drink of intoxicating liquor. [ Low]

Horn Horn transitive verb 1. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.

2. To cause to wear horns; to cuckold. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Horn-mad Horn"-mad` adjective Quite mad; -- raving crazy.

Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after?

Gray.

Hornbeak Horn"beak` noun A fish. See Hornfish .

Hornbeam Horn"beam` noun [ See Beam .] (Botany) A tree of the genus Carpinus ( C. Americana ), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood . The English hornbeam is C. Betulus . The American is called also blue beech and water beech .

Hop hornbeam . (Botany) See under Hop .

Hornbill Horn"bill` noun (Zoology) Any bird of the family Bucerotidć , of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.

Hornblende Horn"blende` noun [ G., from horn horn + blende blende.] (Min.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole .) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species.

Hornblende schist (Geol.) , a hornblende rock of schistose structure.

Hornblendic Hornˇblend"ic adjective Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.

Hornblower Horn"blow`er noun [ Anglo-Saxon hornblāwere .] One who, or that which, blows a horn.

Hornbook Horn"book` noun 1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook ." Shak.

2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

Hornbug Horn"bug` noun (Zoology) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as Latin capreolus , and Latin dama ), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.

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