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wy as a wolf or dog-.—He found him in a defert land, and 
in the wafte howling wildernefs. Dcut. xxxii. 10. 
Hard as his native rocks, cold as his fword, 
Fierce as the wolves that howl'd around his birth; 
He hates the tyrant, and the fuppliant (corns. Smith. 
To utter cries in diftrefs.—Therefore I will howl, and. cry 
out for all Moab. Jcr. xlviii.—Tofpeak with a bellowing 
cry or tone: 
Peace, monfter, peace! Go tell thy horrid tale 
To lavages, and howl it out in defects ! Phillips. 
It is ufed poetically of many noifes loud and horrid. 
HOWL,/ The cry of a wolf or dog.—Thefe and the 
like rumours are no more than the laft howls of a dog dii- 
feiiled alive. Swift. —The cry of a human being in horror: 
She raves, Ihe runs with a diftrafted pace, 
And fills with horrid howls the public place. Drydcn. 
HOW'LING, f. The noife of a dog or wolf; the cry of 
lamentation and mifery : 
The noife grows louder dill: 
Rattling of armour, trumpets, drums, and atabelles ; 
And fometimes peals of Clouts that rend the heav’ns, 
Like viftory: then groans again, and bowlings 
Like thole of vanquilh’d men. Dryden. 
HOWSOEV'ER, adv. In what manner foever. See 
However. —Berofus, who, after Mofes, was one of the 
molt ancient, howfoever he hath been fince corrupted, doth 
in the fubltance of all a'gree. Raleigh. —Although.—The 
man doth fear God, howfoever it feems not in him. Shakefp. 
To HOX, v. a. [from haj, Sax.] To hough ; to liam- 
ftring: 
Thou art a coward, 
Which boxes honeity behind, reltraining' 
From courfe required. Shakfpeare. 
HOX'ING, f. The aft of hamftringing. 
HOX'TER, a town of Germany, in Weftphalia, be¬ 
longing to the abbey of Corvey. In the year 1265, the 
dukes of Brunfwick obtained the right of proteftion over 
it, by way of fief from the abbot, but with a refervation 
to the latter of certain rights; and in the year 1547, the 
abbot granted alfo to that houfe the power of life and 
death. In the year 1634, this town was (formed by the 
Imperialifts, and the inhabitants, as well as the garrifon, 
put to the fword. In 1646, it was taken by the Swedes. 
There were formerly upwards of one thoufand citizens, 
but the number is now greatly reduced : one league north- 
weft of Corvey. 
HOX'TON, [formerly Hogilfdon, perhaps for Haligtun, 
i. e. an holy town.] A towm in Sulfex, memorable for the 
martyrdom of St. Edmund the king.—A village near 
London. 
HOT, f. [from kou, old Fr.] A large boat, generally 
with one deck : 
He fent to Germany, ftrange aid to rear; 
From whence eftfoons arrived here three hoys 
Of Saxons, whom he for his fafety employs. Fairy Queen. 
HOY HEAD, a cape on the weft coaft of the illand of 
Hoy, one of the Orkneys. Lat. 58.47. N. Ion. 0.2. weft 
of Edinburgh. 
HO'YA, one of the larger Orkney iflands, about eleven 
miles long, and rather more than three broad, Ceparated 
from Pamona by a channel about a mile and a half wide ; 
there are ieveral bays round the coaft, and good fifliing: 
the principal places are Hoy and Southwalls. Lat. 58.43.N. 
Ion. o. 5. E. Edinburgh. 
HO'YA, a country and principality of Germany, in 
Weftphalia, bounded on the north by the county of Del- 
menhorft, the territory of Bremen and the Wefer, on the 
eaft by the principalities of Luneburg and Calenburg, on 
the fouth by the principality of Minden, and on the weft 
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by the County of Diepholz; about thirty-two miles in 
length, and twenty-nine in breadth. In this county are 
Lome large heaths, and the foil is, for the rnoft part, Candy ; 
neverthelels, it contains fome good arable lands and good 
paftures, producing wheat, rye, barley, oats, flax, and 
buck-wheat. On the fides of the rivers are fome good 
■ meadows. The principal rivers are the Wefer and the 
Aller. The inhabitants Ripply themfelves partly to agri¬ 
culture, breeding cattle, and keeping bees, and partly to 
manufacturing linen, woollen, and dockings, &c. Molt 
of the peafants are bond-men. The whole, country con¬ 
tains fifty-four parilhes, all which profefis the doftrines of 
Luther. This country was added to the dominions of the 
electoral houfe of Hanover, in 1705, except a fmall part, 
which belongs to Heile Caffel. Hoya contains feventeen 
fmall towns befides the capital. The imperial taxation of 
the electoral houfe, on account of Hoya, was twohorfeand 
fix foot, or monthly forty-eight florins, and to each cham- 
gerterm nine rix-dollars. Hoya is the capital. 
HO'YA, a town of Germany, in Weftphalia, in a 
county of the fame name, fituated on the Wefer. This 
town was burned down in 1758, and fince liandfomely re¬ 
built. In 1757, this town was taken by the French; and 
on the 24th February, 1758, it was retaken by the here¬ 
ditary prince of Brunfwick, after a fevere battle, in which 
the French loft upwards of 700 pril’oners: twenty-fotir 
miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Bremen. Lat. 52.49.N. Ion. 26. 53. 
E. Ferro. 
HOY'DENING, f. Romping freedoms.—Primnefs and 
a (reflation of ftyle, like the good-breeding of queen Anne’s 
court, has turned to hoydening and rude familiarity. Gray. 
HO'YER, a town of Denmark, in the duchy of Slefwick, 
w'ith an harbour for fmall veffels, fituated off the coalt of 
the North Sea, celebrated for its oyfter-filhery : four miles 
weft of Tondern. 
HO'YERSWERDA, a town of Lufatia, on the river 
Sprehe : two miles north of Witchenau, and thirty-two 
north-north-eaft c£ Drefden. 
HOY'LAND, a town of Norway, in the diocefe of 
Drontheim : ninety-two miles north-north-eaft of Dron- 
theim. 
HOY'LE LOUGH, a lake of Ireland, in the county of 
Weftmeath: two miles north-weft of Mullingan. 
HOYM, a town of Germany, in Upper Saxony, and 
duchy of Anhalt Bernburg: fixteen railes weft of Bern- 
burg. 
HO'ZA, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 
Troki: eight miles north of Gredno. 
HOZARDA'RA, a mountain of Perfia, in the province 
of Irak: feven leagues fouth of Ifpahan. 
To HOZE, v. a. To law; to take oiF the balls of a dog’s 
foot to prevent his running. 
HO'ZIER (Peter d’), feigneur de ia Garde in Prove.nce, 
born at Marfeilles in 1592. After receiving an excellent 
education, he entered into the army, and ferved under the 
count de Crequi, the genealogy of whofe family he drew 
up. His fuccels in this attempt caufed him to be em¬ 
ployed by feveral other noble families in the fame fervice. 
Gallon, duke of Orleans, made him a gentleman of hfs. 
train; and in 1628, the king, Louis XIII. conferred upon 
him the order of St. Michael. A royal pennon of twelve 
hundred livres was given him the next year, for the ex- 
prefs purpole of “affording him leifure for bis curious 
refearches concerning the illuftrious families of the king¬ 
dom, of which, hy his long labours, he had acquired a 
particular knowledge.’’ In 1642 he was made maitre- 
d’hotel to his majelty, and in 1654 was raifed to the dig¬ 
nity of counfelior of llate. He died at Paris in 1660, af¬ 
ter having acquired an extraordinary reputation as a he¬ 
rald and genealogift. He wrote a Hi dory of Brittany, 
folio ; and a number of genealogies, fome printed, and 
many left in manufcript. 
HO'ZIER (Charles-Rene-d’), fon of the preceding, bom 
in 1640. He lucceeded to the office of judge of arms, and 
'5 1 was 
