a hoary head

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• Hoary — Hoar y, a. 1. White or whitish. The hoary willows. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. [1913 Webster] Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hoary bat — Hoary Hoar y, a. 1. White or whitish. The hoary willows. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. [1913 Webster] Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hoary — adjective /hɔː.ɹi,hɔɹ.i/ a) white or gray with age The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence. b) of a pale silvery gray. And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, See Also: hoar …   Wiktionary

• hoary-headed — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a hoary head * * * /hawr ee hed id, hohr /, adj. having the gray or white hair of advanced age. [1590 1600] …   Useful english dictionary

• Hoary marmot — Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

• Hoary catshark — Taxobox name = Hoary catshark status = DD status system = IUCN3.1 trend = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes ordo = Carcharhiniformes familia = Scyliorhinidae genus = Apristurus species = A. canutus binomial = Apristurus …   Wikipedia

• Hoary-headed Grebe — Taxobox name = Hoary headed Grebe status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Podicipediformes familia = Podicipedidae genus = Poliocephalus species = P. poliocephalus binomial = Poliocephalus… …   Wikipedia

• hoary-headed grebe — /hɔri ˌhɛdəd ˈgrib/ (say hawree .heduhd greeb) noun a small grey endemic Australian grebe, Poliocephalus poliocephalus, which in breeding plumage has a black head overlaid with long fine white feathers giving a hoary appearance, found throughout… …  

• hoary marmot — a large marmot, Marmota caligata, living in mountainous areas of Siberia and northwestern North America and having a heavy, yellow gray body, short black limbs, and black and white head and shoulders. [1775 85] * * * …   Universalium

• Atalapha cinerea — Hoary Hoar y, a. 1. White or whitish. The hoary willows. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. [1913 Webster] Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gray-haired — adjective showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair (Freq. 2) whose beard with age is hoar Coleridge nodded his hoary head • Syn: ↑grey, ↑gray, ↑grey haired, ↑grey headed, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary