ˈhoarhead
[f. hoar a. + head n.1]
A hoary head; hence, an old grey-haired man. Also attrib.
| 1382 Wyclif Lev. xix. 32 Before the hoor heed aryse. 1560 Bible (Genev.) ibid., Thou shalt rise vp before the horehed. 1574 Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 125, I do not beleeue that the wisdome lyeth in horeheads, but in olde bookes. 1830 Tennyson Poems 113 The hoarhead winter paving earth With sheeny white. |