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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: hodiernal - hoise</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="hodiernal"> hodiernal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the present day. Ex. The rule and hodiernal life of a good man is benefaction (Emerson). </DL> <A NAME="hodman"> hodman, noun, pl. -men. =hod carrier.</DL> <A NAME="hodometer"> hodometer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a device attached to a wheeled vehicle for recording the number of revolutions of a wheel and thus indicating the distance traveled. <DD> b. a similar instrument for measuring distances in surveying. <DD> 2. =pedometer. </DL> <A NAME="hodoscope"> hodoscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for tracing the paths of charged particles, composed of a series of radiation detectors, each with its own neon light. The flashing of light indicates the path of a particle passing through. </DL> <A NAME="hoe"> hoe, noun, verb, hoed, hoeing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a tool with a thin blade set across the end of a long handle, used for loosening soil or cutting weeds. <DD>v.t. to loosen, dig, or cut with a hoe. Ex. to hoe a garden. <DD>v.i. to use a hoe. adj. hoelike. </DL> <A NAME="hoecake"> hoecake, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a kind of bread made of corn meal, originally baked on a hoe in the fireplace. </DL> <A NAME="hoedown"> hoedown, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1. a noisy, riotous dance, especially a square dance. <DD> 2. a piece of music to which this is danced. Ex. a medley of old-time hoedowns and jig music (T. K. Holmes). </DL> <A NAME="hoer"> hoer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who hoes. </DL> <A NAME="hog"> hog, noun, verb, hogged, hogging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a pig. Ex. a barnyard full of grunting hogs wallowing in mud. <DD> 2. a full-grown pig, raised for food, usually weighing more than 120 pounds. <DD> 3. any animal of the same family as the pig, such as the wild boar. <DD> 4. (Informal, Figurative.) a selfish, greedy, or dirty person. <DD> 5. (in Scotland and England) a young sheep, no longer a lamb, but not yet shorn. <DD> 6. a coarse broom for scrubbing the bottom of a ship under water. <DD> 7. (Railroad Slang.) a locomotive. <DD>v.t. 1. (Slang.) to take more than one's share of. Ex. Army planners claimed the Air Force is trying to hog the defense budget (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog. <DD> 3. to cause (a ship or a plank) to sag at both ends. <DD> 4. to clean (a ship's bottom) with a hog. <DD> 5. to cut (a horse's mane) short, so that it stands up like the bristles of a hog. <DD>v.i. (of a ship) to sag at the bow and stern. expr. go the whole hog, (Informal.) to go to the limit; do something thoroughly. Ex. I believe in federation and I am prepared to go the whole hog to maintain it (Wall Street Journal). expr. high on the hog, (Informal.) in a lavish manner; luxuriously. Ex. The heroine is an aging international gadabout ... who is living high on the hog in Italy (New Yorker). expr. low on the hog, (Informal.) in a thrifty manner; without excessive or lavish spending. Ex. Compared to a Congressman, an M.P. lives lower on the hog, campaigns more quietly and takes fewer lavish junkets (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="hogan"> hogan, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dwelling used by the Navaho Indians of North America. Hogans are built with logs and covered with earth, and have an opening at the top through which smoke from the fire can escape. </DL> <A NAME="hogback"> hogback, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Geology.) a low, sharp ridge with steep sides, often caused by an outcrop of a resistant stratum. <DD> 2. an arching back like that of a hog. </DL> <A NAME="hogcholera"> hog cholera,<DL COMPACT><DD> an infectious, often fatal viral disease of hogs, characterized by weakness, fever, and diarrhea. </DL> <A NAME="hogfish"> hogfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various food fishes that somewhat resemble a hog, such as a wrasse of the Florida and West Indian seas, an American darter, or a grunt. </DL> <A NAME="hoggery"> hoggery, noun, pl. -geries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of taking more than one's share, hoggishness. <DD> 2. a place where hogs are kept or raised. </DL> <A NAME="hogget"> hogget, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (British.) a yearling sheep. <DD> 2. wool from lambs 12 to 14 months old. </DL> <A NAME="hoggish"> hoggish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. like a hog; greedy; very selfish. (SYN) piggish, swinish. <DD> 2. dirty; filthy. (SYN) piggish, swinish. adv. hoggishly. noun hoggishness. </DL> <A NAME="hogline"> hogline,<DL COMPACT><DD> a line drawn across a curling rink at a distance of 7 yards from each tee. A curling stone that does not cross this line is removed from the ice. </DL> <A NAME="hogly"> hogly, adjective, -lier, -liest. =hoggish.noun hogliness. </DL> <A NAME="hogmanay"> hogmanay, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Scotland and northern England) the last day of the year, when children call at friends' houses and ask for oatmeal cakes and presents. </DL> <A NAME="hognose"> hognose, noun, or hognose snake,<DL COMPACT><DD> a harmless North American snake with an upturned snout like that of a hog; adder. Hognose snakes hiss, while dilating and flattening the head, when alarmed. </DL> <A NAME="hognosed"> hog-nosed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a snout like that of a hog. </DL> <A NAME="hognosedskunk"> hog-nosed skunk,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large skunk of the southwestern United States and Central and South America, with a white back and tail and a long snout used for rooting in the ground; conepatl. </DL> <A NAME="hognut"> hognut, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S.) <DD> a. the pignut. <DD> b. the hickory tree on which it grows. <DD> 2. a European earthnut. </DL> <A NAME="hogpeanut"> hog peanut,<DL COMPACT><DD> an American vine of the pea family, whose pear-shaped pods ripen in or on the ground like peanuts; earthpea. </DL> <A NAME="hogpen"> hogpen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a place where hogs are kept; hoggery. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a filthy place. </DL> <A NAME="hogscore"> hog score, =hog line.</DL> <A NAME="hogshead"> hogshead, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a large barrel or cask. In the United States, a hogshead contains from 63 to 140 gallons; in Great Britain it contains from 50 to 100 gallons. <DD> 2. a liquid measure equal to 63 gallons. </DL> <A NAME="hogskin"> hogskin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the skin of a hog. <DD> 2. leather made from this. <DD> 3. the skin of a hog used as a bottle. </DL> <A NAME="hogtie"> hog-tie, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. -tied, -tying. (U.S.) 1. to tie, as a hog is tied, with all four feet together, or with feet and hands together. Ex. And unless he was almost literally hog-tied and gagged, he would babble on until the bell (New Yorker). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to hinder; hold back. <DD>noun a secure hold. Ex. They sure do hate to turn loose a gringo when they have got the hog-tie on him (W. M. Raine). </DL> <A NAME="hogwash"> hogwash, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. refuse used to feed hogs; swill. <DD> 2. (Slang.) worthless stuff; nonsense. </DL> <A NAME="hogweed"> hogweed, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various plants thought to be fit only for hogs, such as the ragweed, knotweed, and sow thistle. </DL> <A NAME="hogwild"> hog-wild, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) very wild; crazy; berserk. </DL> <A NAME="hohenzollern"> Hohenzollern, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a member of a German princely family, prominent since the Middle Ages, which ruled Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and Germany from 1871 to 1918. <DD>adj. of this family. Ex. the Hohenzollern dynasty. </DL> <A NAME="hohmannellipse"> Hohmann ellipse,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Aerospace.) the elliptical trajectory of a Hohmann orbit. </DL> <A NAME="hohmannorbit"> Hohmann orbit,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Aerospace.) a spacecraft trajectory between two planets that requires the least expenditure of energy. It consists of an elliptical path that is tangent to the orbits of both the departure planet and the target planet. </DL> <A NAME="hohum"> ho-hum, interjection, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>interj. a sound made to express boredom or indifference. <DD>adj. (Slang.) 1. boring. <DD> 2. bored; indifferent. Ex. a ho-hum attitude. </DL> <A NAME="hoick"> hoick (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British Informal.) <DD>v.t. to pull suddenly; jerk. Ex. He was hoicked full out of his seat (New Yorker). <DD>v.i. to draw or pull up. <DD>noun a sudden pull; jerk. </DL> <A NAME="hoick"> hoick (2), interjection, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb. =hoicks.</DL> <A NAME="hoicks"> hoicks, interjection, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>interj. a shout to make hounds run faster. <DD>noun a shout of "hoicks." <DD>v.t., v.i. to shout to make (hounds) run faster. </DL> <A NAME="hoiden"> hoiden, noun, adjective, intransitive verb. =hoyden.</DL> <A NAME="hoidenish"> hoidenish, adjective. =hoydenish.noun hoidenishness. </DL> <A NAME="hoipolloi"> hoi polloi,<DL COMPACT><DD> ordinary people; the masses. Ex. These were not aristocrats, but hoi polloi with a thin veneer of polish (Atlantic). (SYN) populace. </DL> <A NAME="hoise"> hoise, transitive verb, hoised or hoist, hoising.<DL COMPACT><DD> raise on high; hoist. Ex. Then the boat had been hoist inboard again and the ship had departed (Ian Fleming). </DL> <A HREF="hoist.dic">NEXT</A>