hoarhound

American  

[hawr-hound, hohr-] / ˈhɔrˌhaʊnd, ˈhoʊr- /

noun

1. a variant of horehound.

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hoarhound British  

/ ˈhɔːˌhaʊnd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of horehound

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Example Sentences

While our spit swam over hoarhound or peppermint, we’d hear the floorboards creak in the closet, then a silence, then a big “H-rumph!” and a big satisfied “Ah-h-h-h!”

From Literature

Hoarhound, Horehound, hōr′hownd, n. a plant of a whitish or downy appearance, used as a tonic.

From Project Gutenberg

From the hoarhound indigenous to our fields, she prepared a decoction for colds, from the wild cherry an extract for coughs, from tansey and the bark of the dogwood tree, a tonic, from camomile, a tea of reputed virtues, from the dandelion, the buds of the Balm of Gilead cures for dyspepsia, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

“O yes,” said I; “a decoction of hoarhound.”

From Project Gutenberg

Boil in three quarts of water for five or ten minutes about five ounces of Hoarhound, then strain through a fine sieve.

From Project Gutenberg