Hoar
Hoar , adjective
[Old English hor, har, Anglo-Saxon hār; akin to Icelandic hārr, and to Old High German hēr illustrious, magnificent; compare Icelandic Heie brightness of the sky, Gothic hais torch, Sanskrit kētus light, torch. Compare Hoary.]
1.
White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
Hoar waters.
2.
Gray or white with age; hoary.
Whose beard with age is hoar.
Old trees with trunks all hoar.
3.
Musty; moldy; stale. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Hoar , noun
Hoariness; antiquity. [Rare]
Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages.
Hoar , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon hārian to grow gray.]
To become moldy or musty. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare