Hose : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hose	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Hose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hose n socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) Synonym(s): hosiery, hose man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas Synonym(s): hose, hosepipe v water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: hose, {hose down}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hose \Hose\ (h[omac]z), n.; pl. {Hose}, formerly {Hosen} (h[omac]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. --Shak. 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. 3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. {Hose carriage}, {cart}, [or] {truck}, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. {Hose company}, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] {Hose coupling}, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. {Hose wrench}, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
hose 1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See {hosed}. 2. n. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. n. Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called `bit hose' or `hosery' (play on `hosiery') or `etherhose'. See also {washing machine}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
hose 1. To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See {hosed}. 2. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. Cabling, especially {thick Ethernet cable}. This is sometimes called "bit hose" or "hosery" (a play on "hosiery") or "etherhose". See also {washing machine}. [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hose (Dan. 3:21), a tunic or undergarment.