hoar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
    hoarfrost; frost; rime.
  2. adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
    gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grizzly; grey; white-haired; gray-haired.
    • whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
    • nodded his hoary head

WordNet

Hoar adjective
Etymology
OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and to OHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Hei&edh; brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.
Definitions
  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.
Hoar noun
Definitions
  1. Hoariness; antiquity. R.
    Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
Hoar transitive verb
Etymology
AS. harian to grow gray.
Definitions
  1. To become moldy or musty. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913