Both Uses of
hoary
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- CHAPTER IX THE HOMESTEAD—A VISITOR—HALF-CONFIDENCES By daylight, the bower of Oak's new-found mistress, Bathsheba Everdene, presented itself as a hoary building, of the early stage of Classic Renaissance as regards its architecture, and of a proportion which told at a glance that, as is so frequently the case, it had once been the memorial hall upon a small estate around it, now altogether effaced as a distinct property, and merged in the vast tract of a non-resident landlord, which…†
Chpt 7-9
- The bent and hoary man was satisfied, and so apparently was Henery Fray.†
Chpt 22-24 *
Definition:
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(hoary) old-fashioned
or more rarely: appearing old
even more rarely: covered with fine whitish hairs or down