Hoary
Pronunciation : Hoar"y
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison.
2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.
3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.
5. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Of a pale silvery gray.
6. (Bot.)
Defn: Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. Hoary bat (Zo?l.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913