Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HOARD
HOARD, v.t.
To collect and lay up a large quantity of any thing; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold. Dryden. It is sometimes followed by up, but without use; as, to hoard up provisions.
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