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† ˈhoarness Obs.
[f. hoar a. + -ness.]
The quality of being hoar or hoary; hoariness.
a900Kent. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 76/21 Canicies, harnes. 1382Wyclif Prov. xx. 29 The dignete of olde men hornesse. 1398Trevisa Barth. De. P.R. xix. iv. (1495) 862 Thenne is whyte colour gendryd as it faryth in snowe in hoore froste and in horenes of heere. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 570/13 Canicies, hoorenesse. c1450R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 481/2 note (MS. Coll. Arms) A litelle harenesse hathe chaunged sumwhat his colour. 1562W. Bullein Def. agst. Sickness, Compounds 17 a, It kepeth..the hedde from horenes. 1564Becon Dem. Holy Script. Prayers, etc. (1844) 607 Having hoarness of manners, authority, gravity, and high knowledge. 1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Mucor,..hoarenesse, such as is on breade or meate long kept.
b. A close growth of white or grey hairs.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. v. 10 The leaues..hauing a certaine fine horenesse upon them like veluet. |