Hoar , v. t. [AS. hārian to grow gray.]
To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
Hoar , n. Hoariness; antiquity. [R.]
Covered with
the awful hoar of innumerable ages.
Burke.
Hoar (?), a. [OE.
hor, har, AS. hār; akin to Icel. hārr, and to OHG. hēr illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heið brightness of the sky, Goth.
hais torch, Skr. kētus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.
2. Gray or white with
age; hoary.
Whose beard with age is
hoar.
Coleridge.
Old trees with
trunks all hoar.
Byron.
3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.]
Shak.
Hear it pronounced