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Definition of "hoast" [hoast]

  • A cough. (noun)
  • Obsolete form of host. (noun)
  • Obsolete form of host. (verb)

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Use "hoast" in a sentence
  • "This sustained defiance of the elements provoked occasional judgments in the shape of a "hoast" (cough), and the head of the house was then exhorted by his women folk to "change his feet" if he had happened to walk through a burn on his way home, and was pestered generally with sanitary precautions."
  • "But they came one after another, and by twos and threes, and there was the stamping of wet shoes, and the shaking out of wet plaids, and many a sneeze, and many a "hoast" (cough)."
  • "AP Michigan State's Mark Dell, right, smiles after catching a touchdown pass against Northwestern's Brian Peters, left, during a fourth-quarter rally that lifted the No. 7 Spartans to a 35-27 victory over the hoast Wildcats."