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- English Word Hocuspocus Definition A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense.
- English Word Hocuspocus Definition To cheat.
- English Word Hod Definition A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.
- English Word Hod Definition A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.
- English Word Hoddengray Definition Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.
- English Word Hoddy Definition See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
- English Word Hoddydoddy Definition An awkward or foolish person.
- English Word Hodgepodge Definition A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.
- English Word Hodgkin's disease Definition A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
- English Word Hodiern Definition Alt. of Hodiernal
- English Word Hodiernal Definition Of this day; belonging to the present day.
- English Word Hodman Definition A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.
- English Word Hodmandod Definition See Dodman.
- English Word Hodmen Definition of Hodman
- English Word Hodograph Definition A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
- English Word Hodometer Definition See Odometer.
- English Word Hoe Definition A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
- English Word Hoe Definition The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
- English Word Hoe Definition To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.
- English Word Hoe Definition To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.