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 "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Blood will tell, so the hoarhound joined forces with the dogberry and chased the catnip up my family tree.

From You Should Worry Says John Henry by McHugh, Hugh

This is a very fine cough remedy, as the hoarhound loosens the cough, the flax seed soothes the membrane, and the boneset by its general action on the system produces sweating.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

I don't know nothing about no herbs, they used for diseases; only boneset and hoarhound tea for colds and croup.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

N. B. The plantane or hoarhound will either of them cure alone, but they are most efficacious together.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various