High in temperature (ranging in degree from pleasantly warm to excessively hot): (a) of sunshine, air, weather, the day, etc.: warm, balmy; also, hot, torrid; hotteste, the hottest part; of a country or region: having a warm or hot climate; of land, water: naturally warm or hot; of the sun or its beams: hot; also fig.; (b) of fire or anything burning or heated: hot; also fig.; of food and drink: hot to the taste, not cooled off; of medicines or medicinal applications: hot to the touch or taste; beren the ~ iren, to carry hot iron as an ordeal in proof of one's innocence; to hevi and (or) to ~; (c) of the body, its parts, or secretions: warm (as from normal body heat); also, overheated, hot; of a corpse, flesh, blood: retaining the warmth of a living being, still warm; holden ~, to keep (sb., oneself) warm or hot; maken ~, warm (sb., the hands); (d) in phrases indicating the degree of heat: boilling ~, brenning ~, firi ~; leuk ~, warm, ?lukewarm; meltinge ~, piping ~, red ~, scald(inge ~; warm ~, warm, ?lukewarm; welling ~, boiling hot; (e) in combs.: ~ bath, a hot (mineral) spring; also, a room for bathing, a Roman bath; ~ hous, a bathing establishment, a Roman bath; ~ water, ~ welle, a hot spring.

(a) Of spices: biting, peppery; also fig.; (b) of odors: pungent; also fig.; (c) of a scourge or arrow: causing a painful burning sensation, stinging; (d) of clothing: conserving bodily heat, warm; (e) of pardon: fresh; of a forewarning or sentence: recent; of the intent to inflict a punishment or wreak vengeance: retaining its initial impulse, not cooled off.

(a) Of persons, the blood, the heart: seething with anger or hatred, furious; (b) of persons, the blood, the flesh, the heart: full of physical desires; inflamed with sexual desire, lustful; lascivious; (c) of persons: ardent, fervent, eager, zealous; (d) of persons, the heart: violently agitated, deeply troubled, distressed; (e) of an action: passionate, violent; of occupation: busy; hotteste, the busiest part; of words, language: heated, angry; of a stratagem: dangerous, difficult.

(a) Of desire, passion, religious zeal or fervor, love, anger, etc.: strong, intense; holden ~, to keep (love) burning intensely; (b) of pain, hunger, misery, distress: burning, sharp, keen; of separation: grievous; of fate: cruel; this is ~, this is disagreeable.

Phys., med., etc. Dominated by the quality of heat: (a) of the elements, fire and air, and matter compounded of them; (b) of the seasons of summer and spring, of certain times of day; (c) of certain planets and signs of the zodiac; (d) of the humors, blood and choler; (e) of the complexion or temperament of man or beast; also, of persons or animals; (f) of certain parts of the body; (g) of certain diseases, symptoms, and causes of disease; (h) of anything taken as medicine or consumed as food.

In proverbs & similes.

In surnames; also hot-fot, q. v.