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HO'ANG, a totvn of China, of the feeond rank, in the 
province of Hou-quang: 865 miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Peking. Lat. 27. 18. N. Ion. 126. 18. E. Ferro. 
HO'ANG, a town of China, of the third rank, in the 
province of Tche-kiang: fifteen miles louth-eaft of Tai- 
tcheou. 
HO'ANG, or Yellow River, a river of China, which 
rifes in the mountains, fituated on the north-weft part of 
China, and after a cour-fe of five hundred leagues, through 
Tartary and China, empties itlelf into the Ealtern Sea, 
lat. 34. 5. N. Ion. 137. 30. E. ?erro. It is broad and rapid, 
but lb thallow, that it is hardly navigable; it often over¬ 
flows its banks, fo that it has been found neceffary to raife 
dykes in many places, on the fides of the river, and even 
round many towns in the province of Ho-nan. Theqiame 
is derived from the colour of the clay, or fand, at the bot¬ 
tom and fides. 
HO'ANG-MEI, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Hou-quang: feventy miles louth-eaft of 
Hoang-tcheou. 
KO'ANG-NGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Hou-quang: fifty miles north of Ou- 
tchang. 
HO'AMG-PI, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Hou-quang: forty miles fouth-eafl of Te- 
ngan. 
HO'ANG-TCHEOU', a city of China,"of the firfl rank, 
in the province of Hou-quang, on the .Yang-tle: 585 
miles fouth of Peking. Eat. 38. 28. N Ion. 132.12. E. 
Ferro. 
HO'ANG-TCHEOU', a town of the kingdom of Co¬ 
rea, in the province of Hoang-hai : eighty-five miles north- 
north-weit of King-ki-tao. Lat. 38.42.N. Ion. 143. 38.E. 
Ferro. 
HO'ANG-TSI, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Hou-quang: fifty miles eaft-fouth-eait of 
Hoang-tcheou. 
HOAR, adj. [hap, Sax.] White: 
Ifland of blifs, all affaults 
Baffling, like thy hoar cliffs the loud fea wave. Thomfon. 
Grey with age: 
Now fwarms the' populace, a countlefs throng; 
Youth and hoar age, and man drives man along. Pope. 
White with froft.—Low the woods bow their hoar heads. 
ThomJon. 
To HOAR, v. a. [from the .adj.] To make hoar: 
Hoar the fiamen, 
That fcolds againft the quality of flelh, 
And not believes himfelf. Shakefpeare. 
HOAR-FROST, f. The congelations of dew in frofty 
mornings on the grals.—When the dew was gone up, be¬ 
hold upon the face of the wildernefs there lay a finall 
round thing, as fmall as the hoar-frojl on the ground. 
Exod. xvi. 14. 
HOAR'-HOUND, f. in botany. See Marubium. 
HOARD, f. [hopt>, Sax.] A ftore laid up in lecret; a 
hidden ftock; atreafure: 
I have a venturous faiiy, that fhall feek 
The fquirrel’s hoard. Shakefpeare. 
To HOARD, v. n. To make hoards; to lay up ftore: 
He fear’d -not once himfelf to be in need 
Nor car’d to hoard for thofe whom he did breed. Spcnfcr. 
7 V HOARD, v. a. To lay in hoards: to hufband pri¬ 
vily ; to ftore fecretly.—A fuperfiuous abundance tempts 
Us to forget God, when it is hoarded in our treafures, or 
confidered as a fafe independent provifion, laid up for 
many years. Rogers. —It is fometimes enforced by the par¬ 
ticle tip: 
The bafe wretch, who hoards up all he can, 
Is prais’d, and call’d a careful thrifty man. Dryfon, 
Vol, X. No. 654. 
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HOAR'DER, f. One that ftores up in fecret.—Since 
commodities will be raifed, this alteration will be an ad¬ 
vantage to nobody but hoarders of money. Locke. 
HOAR'DING, f. The aft of laying up in hoards. 
HOAR'INESS, f. [from hoary. ] The Hate of being 
whitifh ; the colour of old mens’ hair: 
He grows a wolf, his hoarinrfs remains, 
And the fame rage in other members reigns. Dryden. 
HOARSE, adj. [from hap, Sax. ketrfch, Dut.] Having 
the voice rough, as with a cold; having a rough fount.— 
■He 1 ’ped his fteps along the hoarfe Tefoundingihore. Dryd. 
The flock-dove only through the foreft coos. 
Mournfully hoarfe. Thomfon. 
HOAR'SELY, adv. [from hoarfe.'] With a rough harih 
voice: 
The hounds at nearer diftance hoarfely bay’d; 
The hunter dole purfu’d the vifionar.y maid. Diyden. 
HOAR'SENESS, f. [from hoarfe.] Roughnefs of voice. 
—The voice is fometimes intercluded by a hoarfencfs, or 
vifcous phlegm. Holder. 
HOAR'Y, adj. [from hap, hapunb, Sax.] White; 
whitifh: 
Thus file refted on her arm reclin’d, 
The hoary willows waving with the wind. Addifon 
White or grey with age : 
A comeLy palmer clad in black attire, 
Of ripeft years, and hairs all hoary grey. Spenfer. 
White with froft: 
The feafons alter ; ^wry-headed frofts 
Fall in the frefh lap of the crimfon rofe. Shakefpeare. 
Mouldy; molly; rufly.—There was brought out of the city 
into the camp very coarf’e, hoary, moulded, bread. Knollcs. 
HOAST'-MEN, f. An ancient company of traders in 
fea-coal at Newcaltle. 
HOAT'CHIT, a country of Cldnefe Tartary, governed 
by a Mongol prince, tributary to the empire ; fituated to' 
the north of Peking, about lat. 44. N. formed into two 
ftandards. 
HOATH (Hill of), a promontory of Ireland, on the 
weft coall, and north of the entrance into Dublin Bay. 
HO'AY-LAY, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Pe-tche-li: twelve miles fouth-well of 
Yen-king. 
HO'AY-NGAN', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Pe-tche-li: thirty-feven miles north of 
Yu. 
HOB, f. [a contraftion from Robert.'] Robin, a man’s 
name; a country fellow, a clown. 
HOB-NOB. This is probably corrupted from hab nab 
by a coarfe pronunciation.—His incenfement at this mo¬ 
ment is lb implacable, that fatisfaclion can be none, but 
pangs of death and lepulchre: hob-nob is his word ; giv’t 
it, or take’t. Shakefpeare. 
HO'BA, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
HO'BAB, [Heb. beloved.] A man’s name. 
HO'BAH, mentioned by Mofes as the place to which 
the patriarch Abram purfued and routed the four kings 
that invaded the land of Canaan at that time. Gen. xiv. 15. 
HO'BAL, in mythology, an idol of the ancient Arabs, 
the worfbip of which at Mecca was deftroyed by Mahomet. 
HOBBES (Thomas), a celebrated Englifli philofopher, 
the ion of a clergyman at Malmelbury, in Wiltlhire, where 
he was born in 1588. At a proper age he was placed un¬ 
der the care-of a mailer of the grannnar-fchool in Iks na¬ 
tive town ; and fo rapid was the proficiency he made, that, 
before he quitted the fchool, he tranflated the Medea of 
Euripides into elegant Latin verfe. In 1603 he was en¬ 
tered of Magdalen-hall, in the univerfity of Oxford, where 
he was admitted to the degree of B. A. in 1607 ; and, af¬ 
ter having applied with much.indultry to his college flu- 
dies, he was taken into the family of lord Hardwicke, 
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