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Hoary \Hoar"y\, a.
1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows." --Addison.
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2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
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Reverence the hoary head. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
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3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
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4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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5. (Zool.) Of a pale silvery gray.
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6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs;
canescent.
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{Hoary bat} (Zool.), an American bat ({Atalapha cinerea}),
having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
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