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`easily angered;
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`hound's tooth
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`hot potato
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`hot’ P0113’‘I20, 1. Informal. a situation or issue that is
`difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with. 2. Brit. In-
`formal. a baked potato.
`[1840—50]
`hot-press (hot/pres/), n. 1. a machine applying heat
`in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for produc-
`ing a smooth su.rface on paper or for expressing oil.
`—v.t. 2. to subject to treatment in a hot-press.
`[1625-
`35] —hot/-press/er. n.
`hotl press/ing, a method of forming alloy steels or
`specialized ceramics from compound powders by the ap-
`plication of heat and pressure in a mold.
`[1735—45]
`hot’ rod/, Slang. an automobile specially built or al-
`tered for fast acceleration and increased speed.
`[1940-
`45, Amen]
`-rod-dad, -rod-ding. Slang.
`(hot/rod/), u.,
`hot-rod
`—-v.i. 1. to drive a hot rod. 2. to drive very fast. —v.t.
`3. to drive (a vehicle) very fast. 4. to adapt (a vehicle or
`its engine) for increased speed; [1945—50]
`»
`-
`hot’ rod/der, Slang.
`1. a driver or builder of hot
`rods. 2. a fast and reckless driver. Also, hot/-rod/der.
`[1945—-50, Amer.]
`to roll
`-r61’), v. t. .Metalworking.
`hot-roll
`(hot/r61/,
`(metal) at a heat high enough to permit recrystallization.
`[1s75—so]
`A
`hot’ sauce/,
`any of several highly spiced, pungent
`condiments, esp. one containing some type of pepper or
`chili.
`hot/ seat/, Slang. 1. See electric chair. 2. a highly
`uncomfortable-or embarrassing situation: I’m in the hot
`seat because of the contract I lost.
`[1915—20]
`hot/ Shit/,, Slang (vulgar). 1. a person who behaves
`in a showy or conceited manner; hotshot. 2. (used to ex-
`press enthusiasm or approval.)
`[1970—’75]
`hot’ shoe/, Photog. a bracket on a camera body that
`provides support and eleclmical contact for an electronic
`flash attachment.
`[1970—75]
`-
`-
`.
`hot-short
`(hot/shért/), adj.
`(of steel or wrought iron)
`brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
`[1790—1800; nor + SHORT, as in RED-SHORT] —hot/-
`shortlness, n.
`hot shot (hot/ shot/ for 1; hot! shot/ for 2), 1. incan-
`descent shot fired to set enemy ships or buildings on fire.
`2. hotshot (defs. 4, 6).
`[1595-1605]
`hot-shot
`(hot/shot/), Slang. —-adj. 1. highly success-
`ful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account
`exec. 2. displaying skill flamboyantly: a hotshot ball-
`player. 3. moving, going, or operating without a stop;
`.fast: ‘a hotshot express. ——n. 4. an impressively success-
`ful or skillful and often vain person. 5. Railroads. an
`express freight train. 6. a firefighter. Also, hot shot
`(for defs. 4, 6).
`[1595—1605; nor + sHo'r‘]
`hot’ spot/, 1. a country or‘ region where dangerous or
`difficult political situations exist or may erupt, esp.‘
`where a war, revolution, or a belligerent attitude toward
`other countries exists or may develop: In the 1960’s, Vi-
`etnam became a hot spot. 2. Informal. any area or place
`of known danger, intrigue, dissension, or instability. 3.
`Informal. a nightclub. 4. Photag. an area of a negative
`or print revealing excessive light on that part of the sub-
`ject. 5. a section of forest or woodswhere fires fre-
`quently occur. 6. an area hotter than the surrounding
`surface‘, as on the shell of a furnace. 7. Physics. an area
`of abnormally high radioactivity. 8. Geol. a region of
`molten rock below and, within the lithosphere that per-
`sists long enough to leave a record of uplift and volcanic
`activity at the earth's surface. Cf. plume (def: 10). 9.
`Genetics. a chromosome site or a section of DNA having
`a high frequency of mutation or recombination. 10. Vet. .
`Pathol. a moist, raw sore on the skin of a dog or cat
`caused by constant licking of an imitation from an aller-
`gic reaction, tangled coat, fleas, etc.‘ Also, hot/spot/.
`[1925-30, Amer.]
`to
`-spot-ted. —spot-ting.
`hot-spot
`(hot/spot/), v.t.,
`SPOT
`stop ](a forest fire) at a hot spot.
`[1950—55; v. use of HOT
`hot! spring/.
`a thermal spring having water warmer
`than 98°F (37"C): the water is usually heated by emana-
`tion from or passage near hot or molten rock. Cf. warm
`spring.
`[1660—70]
`‘
`Hot/ Springs/, 1. a city in central Arkansas: adjoins a
`national’ park (HOV Springs’ Na/tional Park’) noted
`for its thermal mineral springs. 35,166. 72. a resort vil-
`lage in W Virginia: site of international conference (fore-
`runner of Food and. Agriculture Organization of the
`United Nations) in 1943 to aid agricultural and food sup-
`ply adjustments after World War II.
`hot-spur (hot’spfir/), n. an impetuous or reckless per-
`son; a hothead.
`[1425‘—75;
`late ME; after Sir Henry
`Percy, to whom it was applied as a nickname] —hot/-
`. spurred/, adj.
`hothstovel |eague/ (hotfstov/), devotees of a sport,
`esp. baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
`[1950—55]
`hot’ stuff/. Slang. 1. a person or thing of exceptional
`interest or merit. 2. something unconventional, sensa-'
`tional, orvdaring: This movie is hot stuff. 3. a person
`who is erotically stimulating or is easily aroused sexu-
`ally.
`[1750-60]
`’
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`hot’ switch/, Radio and Television. a rapid transfer
`from one point of origin to another during a broadcast.
`hot-sy-tot-sy (hot/sé tot/sé), adj. Slang.
`about as
`right as can be; perfect: Everything is just hotsy—totsy.
`[1925—_30; allegedly coined by Billie De Beck (:1. 1942),
`- U.S. cartoonist]
`hot’ tear! (tar), a crack formed in hot metal during
`CONCISE ]<..'l'YMOLOGY KEY: <, descended or borrowed from; >,
`whence; b., blend of, blended; c.,'cognate with; cf., compare; deriv.,
`derivative; equiv., equivalent; imit., imitative; obl., oblique; r., re-
`placing; s., stem; sp., spelling, s elled; resp., respelling, respelled;
`trans, translation; ?, ori
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`un
`own; ’, unattested; '1, probably
`earlier than. See the full
`ey inside the front cover.
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`cooling, caused by an improperipouring temperature or
`undue restraint.
`[193D—35]
`hot-tem-pered (hot/tem/pard), adj.
`short-tempered.
`[1670-80; <
`Hot-ten-tot
`(hot/n tot’), n. Khoikhoi.
`.
`Afrik; orig. uncert.] —Hot/ten-tot/ic, adj.
`Hot/tentot's bread/, 1. elephant’s—foot. 2. the edi-
`ble rhizo'me of this plant.
`[1725—35]
`1. to vi-
`hot-tert (hot/er), v.i. Scot. and NorthsEng.
`brate up and down; shake, totter, or rattle, as a plate on
`a shelf. 2. to stammer.
`[1790-1800; < early D dial. hot-
`teren, freq. with —er- of MD hotten to shake; akin to
`norcn]
`-
`hot-ter’ (hot/er),>adj. comp. of hot._
`I101!’ tod/dy,
`toddy (def. 1).
`hot’ tub/. a wooden tub, usually large enough to ac-
`commodate several persons,
`that
`is filled with hot
`aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and
`whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and
`often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
`[1970—75,
`Amer.] —hot/-tub/her. n. —-hot/-tub/bing, n.
`hotl type/, Print. See hot metal.
`hot’ war/, open military conflict; an armed conflict
`between nations: The increasing tension in the Middle
`East could lead to a hot war.
`[1945-50; by analogy with
`COLD WAR]
`redicament: His
`trouble; .a
`Informal.
`hot’ waiter,
`skipping classes will get him into rec. hot water when
`exam time comes.
`[1530—40]
`hot/-wa/ter bag/
`(hot/W6/tar, -wot/er), a bag, usu-
`ally of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to
`some part of the body, as the feet. Also called hot/-wah
`tar bot/tle.
`-'
`hot’ well/, a tank or reservoir in which hot water is
`collected before being recirculated, esp. condensed steam
`about to be returned to a boiler.
`[1350—1400; ME]
`hot-wire (v. hot/wi°r/; adj. hot/wiar/), v., -wired. -wir-
`ing, adj. —v.L 1.-Slang. to start the engine of (a motor
`vehicle) by short-circuiting the ignition. —adj. 2. Elect,
`Engin. depending for its operation on the lengthenin
`at-
`increasing resistance of a wire when it is heated:
`wire anemometer; hot-wire microphone.
`[1950—55]
`hot-work (hot/wfirk/), v.t. ‘to work (metal) at a tem-
`perature high enough to permit recrystallization.
`[1895-
`1900]
`hou-ba-re’ (ho_o bar/a), n. a bustard, Chlamydotis un-
`duluta, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long
`black and white plumes on each side of the neck. ‘[1820-
`30; < Ar hubfzrfi]
`‘
`hou-dah ‘(hou’da), n. howdah.
`Hou-dan (hzfi/dan), n. one of a French breed of chick-
`ens having a V-shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or
`black plumage.
`[1870e75; after Houdan, village near
`Paris where these hens were bred]
`v
`_
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`HOLI-dl-I'll
`(ht?) de’né), n. Harry (Erich Weiss), 1874-
`1926, US. magician.
`‘
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`Hou-don
`(£76 dam),
`11.. Jean An-toine
`‘ (zhau an-
`twAn’), 1741-1828, French sculptor.
`hough (hok; Scot. hoxn), n. 1. Scot. hock‘ (defs. 1, 2).
`—v.t. 2. Scot. to hamstring. —v.i. 3. Brit. Dial. Obs. to
`clear the throat; hack.
`[1300—50; ME; see I-1ocK‘]
`Hough (huf), n. Emerson. 1857-1923, U.S. novelist.
`Hou-ma (ho?)/me), n. a city in S Louisiana. 32,602.
`h0l.II'Id1 (hound), n. 1. one of any of several breeds of ’
`dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent,
`:
`esp; one with a long face and large drooping ears. 2. In-
`formal. any dog. 3. a mean, despicable person. 4. In-
`formal. an addict or devotee: an autograph hound. 5.
`‘one of the pursuers in the game of hare and hounds. 6.
`follow the hounds. Fox Hunting.
`to participate in a
`hunt, esp. as a member of the field. 7. ride‘ to hounds,
`Fox Hunting.
`to participate in a hunt, whether as a
`member of the field or of the hunt staff. —v.t. B. to
`hunt or track with hounds, or as a hound does; pursue.
`9. to pursue or harass without respite: Her little brother
`wouldn’t stop hounding her. 10. to incite (a hound) to
`pursuit or attack; urge on. 11. Informal.
`to incite or
`urge (a person) to do something (usually fol. by on).
`fbef. 900; ME h(o)und, OE hund; c. D hand, ON hundr,
`Dan, SW huncl, G Hund, Goth hunds; akin to L canis,
`Gk ky’6n (gen. kynos), Skt s’v6.n (gen. s’unas), .011‘ cu (gen.
`con), Welsh ci
`(pl. own), Tocharian A 1217, Lith sud]
`—hound/er. n. —hound/ish, hound/y. adj. —hound/o
`like/,,adj.
`~~
`_
`——Syn.
`8. dog, follow, chase,
`trail;
`tail.
`9_. pester,
`annoy, persecute, bully.
`-
`hound’
`(hound), n. 1. Naut. either of a pair of fore-
`and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast,
`for supporting the ‘trestletrees, that support an upper
`mast at its heel. Cf. cheek (def. 12). 2. a horizontal bar
`or brace, usually one of a
`air, for strengthening the
`rlmning gear of a horse-
`awn wagon or the like.
`[1175-1225; ME hun < ON hunn knob at the masthead]
`. hound’ dog/, 1. Chiefly Southern U.S. Dial. hound‘
`(def. 1). 2. (cap.) Mil. a 'et-propelled air-to-ground mis-
`sile designed to be launched from B-52 aircraft and hav-
`ing nuclear capability.
`[1640-50, Amen]
`’
`hound-ing (houn’ding), n. Naut.
`1. the portion of a
`lower mast between the cheeks or hounds and the deck.
`2. the portion of an upper mast between the cap of the
`mast below and the hounds above.’ 3. the part of a bow-
`-ING
`.
`spritl]projecting beyond the stem.
`[1850—-55; HOUND2 +
`hound's-tongue (houndz/tung/), n.
`any of various
`plants belonging to the‘ genus Cynoglossum, of the bor-
`agefamily, esp. C. officinale, having coarse,
`tongue-'
`shaped leaves, dull urple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
`[bef. 1000; ME; OE undestunge, trans. of L cynoglossos
`< Gk kynéglfissas, kynoglosson (adj.) lit., dog-tongued]
`hound's/
`tooth/,
`a pattern of broken or jagged
`checks, used on a variety ‘of fabrics. Also called
`hound's/-tooth check/.
`[1935—'40]
`’
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`\
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`{E4.:x 1.
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`or prj
`hound's-tooth (houndz/tfifith/), adj. woven
`with a pattern of broken or jagged check
`tooth jacket.
`[1955—60]
`s: a hou,$',e:
`houn-skull
`(houn/skul/), 71.. Armor. asnoutlike Us
`ally conical, visor attached to a basinet of the 14th C u‘
`Vtury.
`[1-iouivn‘ + SKULL]
`5“:
`Houns-low (houuz/16),
`n. a borough of Greater Lon
`don, England. 203,300.
`Hou-phouet-Boi-gny (Fr. o_o fwa/bwa nyé/),
`,, F.
`lix (Fr. fa léks/),
`born 1905,
`Ivory Coast poiifi °'
`leader: president since 1960.
`Cal
`houppe-lande (hmp/land, -land), n.
`(in the Midd]
`Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodic 9
`usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed E‘
`lined with fur. .Also, houpe/Iande.
`[135o—14oo- M°,§
`hapeland < MF < ?]
`'
`hour (ouar, ou/er), 11. 1. a period of time equal to on
`twenty—fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equiv:
`lent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour. 2. any specifi-
`one of these 24 periods, usually reckoned in two series 0?
`12, one series from midnight tonoon and the secund
`from noon to midnight, but sometimes reckoned in one
`series of 24, from midnight to midnight:‘ He slept for the
`hour between 2 and 3 A.M. The hour for the bombard.
`ment was between 1300 and 1400. 3. any specific time of
`day; the time indicated by a timepiece: What is the hour?
`4. a short or limited period of time: He savored his hat],
`of glory. 5. 'a particular or appointed _time: What was
`the hour of death? At what hour do you open? 6. a cus-
`tomary or usual time: When is your dinner hour? 7. the
`present time: the man of the hour. 8. hours, a.
`time
`spent in an office, factory, or the like, or for work, study
`etc.: The doctor’s hours were from 10 to 4. What an em.’
`ployee does after hours is his or her own business.
`I:
`customary time of going to bed and getting up: to keep
`late hours. c. (in the Christian church) the seven stated
`times of the day for prayer and devotion. d. the offices
`or servicesprescribed for these times. e. a book contain.
`ing them. 9. distance normally‘covered‘in an hour’s
`traveling: We live about an hour from the city. 10. As.
`tron. a unit of measure of right ascension representing
`15", or the twenty‘-fourth part of a great circle. 11. a
`single period, as of class instruction or therapeutic con-
`sultation, usually lasting from 40 to 55 minutes. Cf.
`clock-hour. 12. Educ.-.'Also called credit hour. one unit
`of academic credit, usually representing ‘attendance at
`one scheduled period of instruction per week throughout
`a semester, quarter, or term.
`13. the Hours. Class.
`Myth. the Horae. 14. one's hour, a. Also, one's last
`hour. the instant of death: The sick man knew that his
`hour had come. b. any crucial moment. —-adj. 15. of,
`pertaining to, or noting an hour.
`[1175-1225; ME
`(h)oure < AF; OF (h)ore < L hora < Gk hdra time,
`season] —hour/less. adj.
`hourl an/gle, Astron.
`the angle, measured westward
`through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an ob-
`serveriandthe hour circle of a celestial body. Cf. side-
`real hour angle.
`[1830—40]
`hour’ cir/cle, Astron.
`a great circle on the celestial
`sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing
`a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal
`equinox. Also called circle of declination.’ [1665—75]
`hour-glass (ou°r’glas/, -glas/, ou/er-), n. 1. an instru-
`ment for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass
`joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of
`sand or mercury runs in just an’ hour. —adj. 2. having
`a notably slim ornarrow waist, midsection, or joining
`segment: She has an hourglass figure.
`[1505——15; noun
`+ GLASS]
`
`V hourglass
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`(def. 1)
`
`the hand that indicates the hours on 3
`hourl hand/,
`[1660—70]
`clock or watch.
`hou-ri
`(hc‘z'6r’é, hou°r’é, hou/e ré), n., pl. —ris. one Of
`the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for, all faithful
`Muslims. [1"/30-40; < F < Pers hz7.ri < Ar hfir p1. of
`haurd’ gazelle-eyed (woman)]
`’
`lasting 5“
`hour-long (ou°r/long/, -long’, ou’er—), adj.
`hour: on hourlong interview. Also, hour/-long/.
`[1795-
`1805; noun + LONG‘ (def. 37)] .
`1. of, pertaining 60. 0°‘
`hour-Iy (ou°r/lé, ou/er-),’adj.
`curring, or done each successive hour: hourly news ‘T9’
`ports. 2. computed or totaled in terms of an hour; 1.151115
`an hour as a basic unit of reckoning: hourly wages.
`hired to work for wages by the hour: hourly workers. 4
`frequent; continual.‘ ——adv. 5. every hour; hour by hour-
`G. at each hour or during every hour. 7. frequently?
`continually.
`[1425-75; late ME; see noun, -LY]
`Hou,-sa-ton-ic (ho_o/se ton/ik),_ n.
`a river flowing 5
`from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut
`'39
`Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 1111'
`(240 km) long.
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