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Any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost.

(figurative) A film or slimy coating.

(figurative) White hair as an indication of old age.

(meteorology) Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface. +

A coating or sheet of ice so formed.

(Britain, regional) A cold fog or mist.

To cover (something) with hoar frost.

(figurative) To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.

To become covered with hoar frost.

(archaic) Rhyme; word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end, etc.; (linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.

(archaic) Rhyme.

(Lincolnshire, archaic) To count (something); to number, to reckon.

Ream.

To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.

To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.

(Ireland, rare) To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.

(obsolete) A narrow aperture or opening; a chink, a crack, a fissure; a rent, a rip.

(obsolete, rare) To probe, to pry.