hoary

White, whitish, or greyish-white.

As hoary frost with spangles doth attire, The mossy braunches of an oke halfe ded,

But hoary Winter, unadorn'd and bare, Dwells in the dire Retreat, and freezes there.

White or grey with age.

The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.

And ever and anon a silent tear Stole down, and trickled from his hoary beard.

Of a pale silvery grey.

Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs.

Old or old-fashioned; trite.

It was, however, most interesting work, and the moulders themselves were a decent crowd, never tired of making jokes about themselves such as the hoary one that moulders did not live long, which however ran counter to the other one that no germs could live in a foundry—the atmosphere was too foul.

In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.