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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hot  \Hot\,  a.  [Compar.  {Hotter};  superl.  {Hottest}.]  [OE.  hot, 
  hat,  AS  h[=a]t;  akin  to  OS  h[=e]t,  D.  heet,  OHG.  heiz,  G. 
  heiss,  Icel.  heitr,  Sw  het,  Dan.  heed,  hed;  cf  Goth. 
  heit[=o]  fever,  hais  torch.  Cf  {Heat}.] 
  1.  Having  much  sensible  heat;  exciting  the  feeling  of  warmth 
  in  a  great  degree;  very  warm;  --  opposed  to  cold,  and 
  exceeding  warm  in  degree;  as  a  hot  stove;  hot  water  or 
  air.  ``A  hotvenison  pasty.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Characterized  by  heat,  ardor,  or  animation;  easily 
  excited;  firely;  vehement;  passionate;  violent;  eager. 
 
  Achilles  is  impatient,  hot,  and  revengeful. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  There  was  mouthing  in  hot  haste.  --Byron. 
 
  3.  Lustful;  lewd;  lecherous.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Acrid;  biting;  pungent;  as  hot  as  mustard. 
 
  {Hot  bed}  (Iron  Manuf.),  an  iron  platform  in  a  rolling  mill, 
  on  which  hot  bars,  rails,  etc.,  are  laid  to  cool. 
 
  {Hot  wall}  (Gardening),  a  wall  provided  with  flues  for  the 
  conducting  of  heat,  to  hasten  the  growth  of  fruit  trees  or 
  the  ripening  of  fruit. 
 
  {Hot  well}  (Condensing  Engines),  a  receptacle  for  the  hot 
  water  drawn  from  the  condenser  by  the  air  pump.  This  water 
  is  returned  to  the  boiler,  being  drawn  from  the  hot  well 
  by  the  feed  pump. 
 
  {In  hot  water}  (Fig.),  in  trouble;  in  difficulties.  [Colloq.] 
 
  Syn:  Burning;  fiery;  fervid;  glowing;  eager;  animated;  brisk; 
  vehement;  precipitate;  violent;  furious;  ardent; 
  fervent;  impetuous;  irascible;  passionate;  hasty; 
  excitable.




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