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n. - Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) adj. - Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.

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  • Whose beard with age is hoar
  • In this high realm floating water is probably in the frozen state, answering to the form of dew, which we call hoar frost.
  • This deposit of ice crystals is known as hoar frost and may sometimes be so thick that it might look like snow.
  • We are down in the violet bed oh, natural poets, we are down in "hoar" and our tongues a "fovent choir" 10.
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