Both Uses of
hoary
in
The Two Towers
- Great trees, bare and silent, stood, rank on rank, with tangled bough and hoary head; their twisted roots were buried in the long green grass.†
Chpt 3.7 *
- Great ilexes of huge girth stood dark and solemn in wide glades with here and there among them hoary ash-trees. and giant oaks just putting out their brown-green buds.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(hoary) old-fashioned
or more rarely: appearing old
even more rarely: covered with fine whitish hairs or down