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Pronunciation : Hoard
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Hoarding, 2. Smart.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hoard
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. hord, AS. hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel. hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See Hide to conceal.]
Definition : Defn: A store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hoard
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. hordian.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Hoarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoarding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hoard
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To lay up a store or hoard, as of money. To hoard for those whom he did breed. Spenser.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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