Hot (?), a.
[Compar. Hotter (?); superl.
Hottest (?).]
[OE. hot, hat, AS. hāt; akin to OS.
hēt, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G.
heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan.
heed, hed; cf. Goth. heitō fever,
hais torch. Cf. Heat.] 1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a
hot stove; hot water or air. "A
hotvenison pasty." Shak.
2.
Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited;
firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
Dryden.
There was
mouthing in hot haste.
Byron.
3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous.
Shak.
4. Acrid;
biting; pungent; as, hot as
mustard.
Hot
bed (Iron Manuf.),
an iron platform in a
rolling mill, on which hot
bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. -- Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. -- Hot well (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump.
This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot
well by the
feed pump. -- In hot water (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate;
hasty; excitable.
Hot (?), imp. & p. p. of
Hote. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Hear it pronounced