Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOP'ING-LY, adv.

With hope or desire of good, and expectation of obtaining it. Hammond.

HOP'LITE, n. [Gr. οπλιτης, from οπλον, a weapon.]

In ancient Greece, a heavy-armed soldier. Mitford.

HOP'OAST, n.

In Kent, a kiln for drying hops.

HOP'PED, pp.

1. Leaped on one leg; danced.
2. Impregnated with hops.

HOP'PER, n. [See Hop.]

1. One who hops, or leaps on one leg.
2. Properly, a wooden trough or shoe through which grain passes into a mill; so named from its moving or shaking. But we give the name to a box or frame of boards, which receives the grain before it passes into the trough, and also to a similar box which receives apples for conducting them into a mill.
3. A vessel in which seed-corn is carried for sowing. Encyc.

HOP'PER-BOY, n.

In mills, a rake moving in a circle to draw the meal over an opening in the floor, through which it falls.

HOP'PERS, n.

A play in which persons hop or leap on one leg. Johnson.

HOP-PICK-ER, n.

One that picks hops.

HOP'PING, n.

A dancing; a meeting for dancing.

HOP'PING, ppr.

1. Leaping on one leg; dancing.
2. Impregnating with hops.

HOP'PLE, v.t.

To tie the feet near together to prevent leaping; as, to hopple an unruly horse.

HOP'PO, n.

In China, an overseer of commerce. Malcom,

HOP'POLE, n.

A pole used to support hops. Tusser.

HOP'VINE, n.

The stalk of hops.

HOP'-YARD, or HOP'-GAR-DEN, n.

A field or inclosure where hops are raised.

HO'RAL, a. [L. hora, an hour. See Hour.]

Relating to an hour, or to hours. Prior.

HO'RAL-LY, adv.

Hourly. [Not in use.]

HO'RA-RY, a. [L. horarius; Fr. horaire; from L. hora, hour.]

1. Pertaining to an hour; noting the hours; as, the horary circle. Encyc.
2. Continuing an hour. Brown.

HORD, or HORDE, n. [D. horde, a clan, and a hurdle; G. horde, a clan, and a pen or fold. This seems to be the Sax. heord, a herd.]

A company of wandering people dwelling in tents or wagons, and migrating from place to place to procure pasturage for their cattle. Such are some tribes of the Tartars in the north of Asia. A hord usually consists of fifty or sixty tents. Encyc. Mitford.

HOR'DE-IN, n.

A substance analogous to starch, found in barley.

HORE'-HOUND, n. [Sax. hara-hune, white hune.]

See Hoarhound.

HOR'I-ZON, or HO-RI'ZON, n. [Gr. οριζων, from οριζω, to bound, ορος, a limit; Fr. horizon; Sp. horizonte; It. orizzonte. This word, like contest, aspect, and others in Milton, must be read in poetry with the accent on the second syllable; in opposition to the regular analogy of English words. With the accent on the first syllable, as in common usage, it is an elegant word.]

The line that terminates the view, when extended on the surface of the earth; or a great circle of the sphere, dividing the world into two parts or hemispheres; the upper hemisphere which is visible, and the lower which is hid. The horizon is sensible, and rational or real. The sensible, apparent, or visible horizon, is a lesser circle of the sphere, which divides the visible part of the sphere from the invisible. It is eastern or western; the eastern is that wherein the sun and stars rise; the western, that wherein they set. The rational, true, or astronomical horizon, is a great circle whose plane passes through the center of the earth, and whose poles are the zenith and nadir. This horizon would bound the sight, if the eye could take in the whole hemisphere. Encyc.

HOR-I-ZON'TAL, a.

1. Pertaining to the horizon, or relating to it.
2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontal line or surface.
3. Near the horizon; as, horizontal misty air. Milton.

HOR-I-ZON-TAL'I-TY, n.

The state of being horizontal. Kirwan.

HOR-I-ZON'TAL-LY, adv.

In a direction parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a ball carried horizontally.