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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hoarding | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for hoarding | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoarding}.] [AS. hordian.] To collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hoarding \Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, h[81]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See {Hurdle}.] 1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London Graphic. 2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something. The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. --Tyndall. | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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hoarding n. See {software hoarding}. | |
