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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoard \Hoard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoarded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Hoarding}.] [AS. hordian.]
To collect and lay up to amass and deposit in secret; to
store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating;
as to hoard grain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoarding \Hoard"ing\, n. [From OF hourd, hourt, barrier,
palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf D. horde hurdle,
fence, G. horde, h["u]rde; akin to E. hurdle. [root]16. See
{Hurdle}.]
1. (Arch.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials
while builders are at work [Eng.]
Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. --London
Graphic.
2. A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or
concealing something
The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding,
the space within which was divided into compartments
by sheets of tin. --Tyndall.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hoarding
n : large outdoor signboard [syn: {billboard}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
hoarding n. See {software hoarding}.
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