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HOS'TAGE, n. A person delivered to an enemy or hostile power, as a pledge to sec...
HOSTEL, HOSTELLER. [See Hotel .]
HOSTEL, HOSTELLER. [See Hotel .]
HOSTESS, n. A female host; a woman who entertains guests at her house. 1. A woma...
HOSTESS-SHIP, n. The character or business of a hostess.
HOS'TILE, a. [L. hostilis, from hostis, an enemy, that is, a foreigner.] 1. Belo...
HOS'TILELY, adv. In a hostile manner.
HOSTIL'ITY, n. [L. hostilitas, from hostis, an enemy.] 1. The state of war betwe...
HOS'TILIZE, v.t. To make an enemy. [Little used.]
HOSTING, n. [from host, an army.] An encounter; a battle. [Little used.] 1. A mu...
HOS'TLER, n. hos'ler. The person who has the care of horses at an inn.
HOSTLESS, a. Inhospitable. [Not in use.]
HOSTRY, a. A stable for horses. 1. A lodging house.
HOT, a. 1. Having sensible heat; opposed to cold; as a hot stove or fire; a hot ...
HOT'BED, n. In gardening, a bed of earth and horsedung or tanner's bark, covered...
HOT'BRAINED, a. Ardent in temper; violent; rash; precipitate; as hotbrained youth.