Definition of "hoar" []

• Hoary. (adjective)
• Hoarfrost. (noun)

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• "Thanks for the kind words, the term hoar frost has an ancient ring to it to my ears and the landscape is beautiful, but I NEED to go outside and piddle around for my mental and physical health."
• "This vapor rising around the stem of the plant, and attracted by it, becomes congealed into what we term hoar-frost, in numerous forms; some like shellwork, others like tulips, with radiated petals, variously contorted, and often as symmetrical as snowflake crystals."
• "In this high realm floating water is probably in the frozen state, answering to the form of dew, which we call hoar frost."