'Hoary bat' definitions:

Definition of 'Hoary bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoary \Hoar"y\, a.
  • 1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. [1913 Webster]
  • Reverence the hoary head. --Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) Of a pale silvery gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. [1913 Webster]
  • Hoary bat (Zool.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white. [1913 Webster]