Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOT'MOUTH-ED, a.

Headstrong; ungovernable. That hotmouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.

HOT'NESS, n.

1. Sensible heat beyond a moderate degree of warmth.
2. Violence; vehemence; fury.

HOT-SPIR'IT-ED, a.

Having a fiery spirit. Irving.

HOT'SPUR, a.

Violent; impetuous. Spenser.

HOT'SPUR, n. [hot and spur.]

1. A man violent, passionate heady, rash or precipitate. Shak.
2. A kind of pea of early growth.

HOT'SPUR-RED, a.

Vehement; rash; heady; headstrong. Peacham.

HOT'TEN-TOT, n.

1. A native of the southern extremity of Africa.
2. A savage brutal man.

HOT'TEN-TOT-CHER-RY, n.

A plant. [See Cherry.] Chambers.

HOT'TEST, a.

Most hot.

HOT'-WALL, n.

In gardening, a wall constructed with flues for the conducting of heat, for securing or hastening the growth of fruit trees. Brande.

HOU'DAH, n.

A seat to be fixed on a camel's back.

HOUGH, n. [hok; Sax. hoh, the heel, or the hough; G. hacke, D. hak, a heel, a hoe.]

1. The lower part of the thigh; the ham; the joint of the hind leg of a beast that connects the thigh with the leg. Encyc.
2. An adz; a hoe. [Not in use.] Stillingfleet.

HOUGH, v.t. [hok.]

1. To hamstring; to disable by cutting the sinews of the ham.
2. To cut with a hoe. [Obs.]

HOUGH'ED, pp. [hokd.]

Hamstrung; disabled by cutting the sinews of the ham.

HOUL'ET, n.

An owl. [See Howlet.]

HOULT,

See HOLT.

HOUND, n. [Sax. hund; G. Sw. Dan. and Scot. hund; D. hond; L. canis; Gr. κυων, κυνος; Fr. chien; It. cane.]

A generic name of the dog; but in English it is confined to a particular breed or variety, used in the chase. It has long, smooth, pendulous ears.

HOUND, v.t.

1. To set on the chase. Bramhall.
2. To hunt; to chase. L'Estrange.

HOUND'FISH, n.

A fish, called also Galeus lævis, with a long round body, and ash-colored sides and back. Dict. Nat. Hist. A species of shark, the Squalus mustelus. Crabbe. Cyc.

HOUNDS, n.

In seamen's language, the projecting parts of the head of a mast. Mar. Dict.

HOUND'S'-TONGUE, n.

A plant of the genus Cynoglossum.

HOUND'TREE, n.

A kind of tree. Ainsworth.

HOUP, n. [See HOOPOO.]

HOUR, n. [our; L. and Sp. hora; Gr. ὡρα; It. ora; Fr. heure; Arm. heur; W. awr; Ir. uair; G. uhr; D. uur. The primary sense is time or season, occasion, from a root which signifies to come, to happen, to fall, to rush or drive. Hence the Fr. heur signifies luck, good fortune, and heureux, lucky, fortunate, happy, that is seasonable. So in L. tempestivus, from tempus. See Time. But hour, hora, afterward came to signify a certain portion or division of the day. This has been different in different nations.]

1. A space of time equal to one twenty-fourth part of the natural day, or duration of the diurnal revolution of the earth. An hour answers to fifteen degrees of the equator. It consists of 60 minutes, each minute of 60 seconds, &c.
2. Time; a particular time; as, the hour of death. Jesus saith, Woman, my hour is not yet come. John ii.
3. The time marked or indicated by a chronometer, clock or watch; the particular time of the day. What is the hour? At what hour shall we meet? I will be with you at an early hour. Good hour, signifies early or seasonably. You have arrived at a good hour. To keep good hours, to be at home in good season; not to be abroad late, or at the usual hours of retiring to rest. Hours, in the plural, certain prayers in the Romish church, to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers. Encyc.

HOUR'GLASS, n. [our'glass.]

1. A chronometer that measures the flux of time by the running of sand from one glass vessel to another, through a small aperture. Instead of sand, dry egg shells pulverized are sometimes used. The quantity of sand may be so proportioned as to measure an hour, a half hour, or a quarter.
2. Space of time. Bacon.