hoary

adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or

white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;

"nodded his hoary head" [syn: {gray}, {grey}, {gray-haired},

{grey-haired}, {gray-headed}, {grey-headed}, {hoar},

{white-haired}]

2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: {rusty}]

3: (biology) covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: {canescent}]