| Host |
n. |
The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. |
| Host |
n. |
An army; a number of men gathered for war. |
| Host |
n. |
Any great number or multitude; a throng. |
| Host |
n. |
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. |
| Host |
v. t. |
To give entertainment to. |
| Host |
v. i. |
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. |
| Host |
n. |
Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it. |
| Host plant |
|
A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops. |
| Hostage |
n. |
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. |
| Hostel |
n. |
An inn. |
| Hostel |
n. |
A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. |
| Hosteler |
n. |
The keeper of a hostel or inn. |
| Hosteler |
n. |
A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. |
| Hostelry |
n. |
An inn; a lodging house. |
| Hostess |
n. |
A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. |
| Hostess |
n. |
A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. |
| Hostess-ship |
n. |
The character, personality, or office of a hostess. |
| Hostie |
n. |
The consecrated wafer; the host. |
| Hostile |
a. |
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change. |
| Hostile |
n. |
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites;
commonly in the plural. |
| Hostilely |
adv. |
In a hostile manner. |
| Hostilities |
pl. |
of Hostility |
| Hostility |
n. |
State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. |
| Hostility |
n. |
An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. |
| Hostilize |
v. t. |
To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy. |
| Hosting |
n. |
An encounter; a battle. |
| Hosting |
n. |
A muster or review. |
| Hostler |
n. |
An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler. |
| Hostler |
n. |
The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom;
so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person. |
| Hostler |
n. |
The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip. |
| Hostless |
a. |
Inhospitable. |
| Hostry |
n. |
A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. |
| Hostry |
n. |
A stable for horses. |
