Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
hat

more about hat

hat

 

  9  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Service  cap  \Serv"ice  cap\  or  hat  \hat\  (Mil.) 
  A  cap  or  hat  worn  by  officers  or  enlisted  men  when  full-dress 
  uniform,  or  dress  uniform,  is  not  worn. 
 
  Note:  In  the  United  States  army  the  service  cap  is  round, 
  about  31/2  inches  high,  flat-topped,  with  a  visor.  The 
  service  hat  is  of  soft  felt  of  khaki  color,  with  broad 
  brim  and  high  crown,  creased  down  the  middle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hat  \Hat\,  a. 
  Hot.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hat  \Hat\, 
  sing.  pres.  of  {Hote}  to  be  called  Cf  {Hatte}.  [Obs.] 
  ``That  one  hat  abstinence.''  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hat  \Hat\,  n.  [AS.  h[ae]t,  h[ae]tt;  akin  to  Dan.  hat,  Sw  hatt, 
  Icel.  hattr  a  hat,  h["o]ttr  hood,  D.  hoed  hat,  G.  hut,  OHG. 
  huot,  and  prob.  to  L.  cassis  helmet.  ???.  Cf.{Hood}.] 
  A  covering  for  the  head;  esp.,  one  with  a  crown  and  brim, 
  made  of  various  materials,  and  worn  by  men  or  women  for 
  protecting  the  head  from  the  sun  or  weather,  or  for  ornament. 
 
  {Hat  block},  a  block  on  which  hats  are  formed  or  dressed. 
 
  {To  pass  around  the  hat},  to  take  up  a  collection  of 
  voluntary  contributions,  which  are  often  received  in  a 
  hat.  [Collog.]  --Lowell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hat 
  n  1:  protects  from  weather;  has  shaped  crown  and  usually  a  brim 
  [syn:  {chapeau},  {lid}] 
  2:  an  informal  term  for  a  person's  role;  "he  took  off  his 
  politician's  hat  and  talked  frankly" 
  v  :  put  on  or  wear  a  hat;  "He  was  unsuitably  hatted" 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  hat  n.  Common  (spoken)  name  for  the  circumflex  (`^',  ASCII 
  1011110)  character.  See  {ASCII}  for  other  synonyms. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  hat 
 
  A  common  (spoken)  name  for  the  circumflex  ("^",  ASCII  94) 
  character. 
 
  See  {ASCII}  for  other  synonyms. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Hat 
  Chald.  karb'ela,  (Dan.  3:21),  properly  mantle  or  pallium.  The 
  Revised  Version  renders  it  "tunic." 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  HAT 
  Hashed  Address  Table




more about hat