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  1. 1. pl. of Hose Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. water with a hose Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. Shak. 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. 3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. Hose carriage, cart, or truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. -- Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] -- Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them. Source: webster
  10. 10. v:7/n:93 n. man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet n. a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas v. water with a hose Source: ecdict

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