Horsewoman Horse"wom`an noun ;
plural Horsewomen A woman who rides on horseback.
Horsewood Horse"wood` noun (Botany) A West Indian tree ( Calliandra latifolia ) with showy, crimson blossoms.
Horseworm Horse"worm` noun The larva of a botfly.
Horsiness Hors"i·ness noun 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson. 2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
Horsly Hors"ly adjective Horselike. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Horsy Hors"y adjective Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [ Colloq.]
Hortation Hor·ta"tion noun [ Latin
hortatio , from
hortari to incite, exhort, from
hori to urge.]
The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. [ R.]
Hortative Hor"ta·tive adjective [ Latin
hortativus .]
Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.
Hortative Hor"ta·tive noun An exhortation. [ Obsolete]
Hortatory Hor"ta·to·ry adjective [ Latin
hortatorius .]
Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.
Hortensial Hor·ten"sial adjective [ Latin
hortensius ,
hortensis , from
hortus garden; akin to English
yard an inclosure.]
Fit for a garden. [ Obsolete]
Evelyn.
Horticultor Hor"ti·cul`tor noun [ New Latin , from Latin
hortus garden +
cultor a cultivator,
colere to cultivate.]
One who cultivates a garden.
Horticultural Hor`ti·cul"tur·al adjective [ Confer French
horticultural .]
Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.
Horticulture Hor"ti·cul`ture noun [ Latin
hortus garden +
cultura culture: confer French
horticulture . See
Yard an inclosure, and
Culture .]
The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
Horticulturist Hor`ti·cul"tur·ist noun One who practices horticulture.
Hortulan Hor"tu·lan adjective [ Latin
hortulanus ;
hortus garden.]
Belonging to a garden. [ Obsolete]
Evelyn.
Hortus siccus Hor"tus sic"cus [ Latin , a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.
Hortyard Hort"yard noun An orchard. [ Obsolete]
Hosanna Ho·san"na (ho*zăn"nȧ)
noun ;
plural Hosannas (- nȧz). [ Greek ..., from Hebrew
hōshī'āh nnā save now, save, we pray,
hōshīa' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of
yāsha' ) +
nā , a particle.]
A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "
Hosanna to the Highest."
Milton. Hosanna to the Son of David.
Matt. xxi. 9.
Hose Hose (hōz)
noun ;
plural Hose , formerly
Hosen (hō"z'n). [ Anglo-Saxon
hose ; akin to Dutch
hoos , German
hose breeches, Old High German
hosa , Icelandic
hosa stocking, gather, Danish
hose stocking; confer Russian
koshulia a fur jacket.]
1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen , and their hats, and their other garments.
Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose , well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank.
Shak. 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. 3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. Hose carriage ,
cart , or
truck ,
a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. --
Hose company ,
a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [ U.S.] --
Hose coupling ,
coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. --
Hose wrench ,
a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.
Hosen Ho"sen noun plural See Hose . [ Archaic]
Hosier Ho"sier noun One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
Hosiery Ho"sier·y noun 1. The business of a hosier. 2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
Hospice Hos"pice noun [ French, from Latin
hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, from
hospes stranger, guest. See
Host a landlord.]
A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
Hospitable Hos"pi·ta·ble adjective [ Confer Old French
hospitable , Late Latin
hospitare to receive as a guest. See
Host a landlord.]
1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. Shak. 2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites. To where you taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray.
Goldsmith.
Hospitableness Hos"pi·ta·ble·ness noun The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.
Hospitably Hos"pi·ta·bly adverb In a hospitable manner.
Hospitage Hos"pi·tage noun [ Late Latin
hospitagium , for Latin
hospitium . See
Hospice .]
Hospitality. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Hospital Hos"pi·tal noun [ Old French
hospital ,
ospital , French
hôpital , Late Latin
hospitale (or perhaps English
hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from Latin
hospitalis relating to a guest,
hospitalia apartments for guests, from
hospes guest. See
Host a landlord, and confer
Hostel ,
Hotel ,
Spital .]
1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for. Hospital ship ,
a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. --
Hospital Sunday ,
a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday .
Hospital Hos"pi·tal adjective [ Latin
hospitalis : confer Old French
hospital .]
Hospitable. [ Obsolete]
Howell.
Hospitaler Hos"pi·tal·er noun [ Written also
hospitaller .] [ French
hospitalier . See
Hospital , and confer
Hostler .]
1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers. 2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem , and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta .
Hospitalism Hos"pi·tal·ism noun (Medicine) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
Hospitality Hos`pi·tal"i·ty noun ;
plural Hospitalities . [ Latin
hospitalitas : confer French
hospitalité .]
The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality. Given to hospitality .
Rom. xii. 13. And little recks to find the way to heaven
By doing deeds of hospitality .
Shak.
Hospitalize Hos"pi·tal·ize transitive verb (Medicine) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
Hospitate Hos"pi·tate intransitive verb [ Latin
hospitatus , past participle of
hospitari to be a guest, from
hospes guest.]
To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [ Obsolete]
Grew.
Hospitate Hos"pi·tate transitive verb To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. [ Obsolete]
Cockeram.
Hospitium Hos·pi"ti·um noun [ Latin See
Hospice .]
1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [ Obsolete]
2. (Law) An inn of court.
Hospodar Hos"po·dar` noun [ A Slav. word; confer Russian
gospodare lord, master.]
A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.
Host Host (hōst)
noun [ Late Latin
hostia sacrifice, victim, from
hostire to strike.]
(R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. » In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
Host Host noun [ Middle English
host ,
ost , Old French
host ,
ost , from Latin
hostis enemy, Late Latin , army. See
Guest , and confer
Host a landlord.]
1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field.
Dryden. 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.
Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd,
A host , of golden daffodils.
Wordsworth.
Host Host noun [ Middle English
host ,
ost , Old French
hoste ,
oste , French
hôte , from Latin
hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl probably from
hostis stranger, enemy (akin to English
guest a visitor) +
potis able; akin to Sanskrit
pati master, lord. See
Host an army,
Possible , and confer
Hospitable ,
Hotel .]
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer. "Fair
host and Earl."
Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host ,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
Shak.
Host Host transitive verb To give entertainment to. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Host Host intransitive verb To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [ Obsolete] "Where you shall
host ."
Shak.
Host Host noun (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
Host plant Host plant (Agriculture) A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.
Hostage Hos"tage noun [ Middle English
hostage , Old French
hostage ,
ostage , French
ôtage , Late Latin
hostaticus ,
ostaticum , for
hospitaticum , from Latin
hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See
Host a landlord.]
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine;
And we shall talk before we fight.
Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.
Bacon.
Hostel Hos"tel noun [ Middle English
hostel ,
ostel , Old French
hostel ,
ostel , Late Latin
hospitale ,
hospitalis , from Latin
hospitalis . See
Hospital , and confer
Hotel .]
1. An inn. [ Archaic]
Poe. So pass I hostel , hall, and grange.
Tennyson. 2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [ Obsolete]
Holinshed.
Hosteler Hos"tel·er noun [ See
Hostel , and confer
Hostler .]
1. The keeper of a hostel or inn. 2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Hostelry Hos"tel·ry noun [ Middle English
hostelrie ,
hostelrye ,
ostelrie , Old French
hostelerie , from
hostel . See
Hostel .]
An inn; a lodging house. [ Archaic]
Chaucer. "Homely brought up in a rude
hostelry ."
B. Jonson. Come with me to the hostelry .
Longfellow.
Hostess Host"ess noun [ Middle English
hostesse ,
ostesse . See
Host a landlord.]
1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. Shak. 2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak.
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