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▪ I. hydro1|ˈhaɪdrəʊ|
Short for hydropathic n.
1882Brit. Med. Jrnl. Advert. 9 Dec., Visitors will find the ‘Hydro’ a pleasant Home during their residence in Bournemouth. 1894Advt., Buxton, The Peak Thermal Establishment. The best Hydro in district. Mineral water and other baths. 1898Navy & Army Illustr. 23 July p. vii, Palatial establishments..all..modestly calling themselves Hydros.
▪ II. hydro2|ˈhaɪdrəʊ|
Short for hydro-electric (power, plant). Also attrib. In Canada also = hydro-electric power supply. Cf. hydro-power.
1916A. Bridle Sons of Canada 185 The product of Niagara..is Hydro-Electric—familiarly abbreviated to Hydro. 1925Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1924 43 Various hydro systems were formed as circumstances dictated. 1938‘R. Hyde’ Nor Years Condemn x. 200 Did I ever tell you about that hydro I was on, a bit South? 1939F. P. Grove Two Generations 230 The telephone and hydro wires are down. 1947E. A. McCourt Music at Close 71 There was talk of water works, a hydro plant, a newspaper, paved streets. 1949L. Peterson Chipmunk 149 Claude wrote out the address..on the envelope of the hydro bill he'd forgotten to pay. 1952D. F. Putnam Canad. Regions xvii. 387/2 The cities of Alberta, also, have good sources of power including coal, natural gas and hydro. 1958New Statesman 11 Oct. 480/1 Geological reserves of coal are estimated to constitute about four-fifths of all Russia's coal deposits, and much of this coal lies on the surface and this favours the development of thermal-power stations to supplement the hydro-stations of the River Angara. 1962R. F. Legget Geol. & Engin. (ed. 2) x. 354 Across the Niagara River is the..Niagara power project of the Power Authority of the State of New York, constructed a few years after the Ontario hydro project. 1963B.S.I. News Feb. 14/2 The hydro developments in Scotland really got under way in the early 1950s. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 47/2 (Advt.), T.V. outlets in each room, drapes and hydro included.
▪ III. hydro, a. and n.3 colloq.
Brit. |ˈhʌɪdrəʊ|, U.S. |ˈhaɪdroʊ|
[Shortened > n. Derivatives.]
A. adj. Chiefly in the context of marijuana cultivation: of, relating to, or grown by means of hydroponics; = hydroponic adj. at hydroponics n. Derivatives.
1988Toronto Star 1 Nov. f3/1 From seedling to harvest takes three months and ‘hydro pot’ is the fastest-growing illegal business around. 1995N.Y. Times 19 Feb. 44/2 Arjan, the owner of a popular coffee shop, pointed out that hydro yields were far greater. 2001Truth (Auckland) (Nexis) 8 June 23 As dope growing moves indoors to a more controlled environment, hydro growers have found they need a massive amount of electricity to run their lights. 2005J. Winterbourne Hydroponics v. 64/2 The bottle [of nutrients] will go at least twice as far, if not more. So, you will not need to keep going back to the hydro shop to buy more.
B. n. Hydroponically grown marijuana, often regarded as more potent than varieties grown in soil.
1995N.Y. Times 19 Feb. 44/2 Of 810 smokers, 83.14 percent expressed a preference for bio, compared to 81.4 percent for hydro. No one seemed to notice that the percentages added up to a lot more than 100. 1997A. Bourdain in K. Williamson Rovers Return (1998) 109 I'm laying around, smoking a nice fat spliff of hydro, watching the tube. 2008Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 13 July 29 This was no bush weed... It was excellent South Australian hydro. |