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nomadsea | 09:14 Mon 12th Jan 2009 | Word Origins
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What is the origin of the word hoare in Hoare Frost?
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Hoar is from the Old English ''Har'' meaning a white deposit. Also as in a ''hoary old man'', meaning white haired, and in ''haar'', a Norse word for the fog that rolls inland from the sea in summer.
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