Hoard (?), n. See Hoarding,
2. Smart.
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.
Hoard, n. [OE. hord, AS.
hord; akin to OS. hord, G. hort, Icel.
hodd, Goth. huzd; prob. from the root of E. hide
to conceal, and of L. custos guard, E. custody. See
Hide to conceal.] A store, stock, or quantity of anything
accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a
hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.
Hoard, v. i. To lay up a store or
hoard, as of money.
To hoard for those whom he did
breed.
Spenser.