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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), noun; pl. {Hose}, formerly {Hosen} (h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
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}, {Hose cart}, or {Hose 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hose
noun
1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery) [syn: {hosiery}]
2: man's garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet [syn: {tights}]
3: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: {hosepipe}]
verb: water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: {hose down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "hose": adjutage, asperge, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, catheter, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, douche, drainpipe, efflux tube, fire hose, flue pipe, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, hose down, hosepipe, hosiery, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, moisten, nipple, organ pipe, paddle, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, reed, reed pipe, siamese, siamese connection, siphon, slobber, slop, slosh, snorkel, socks, soil pipe, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, stockings, straw, swash, syringe, tap, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure, waste pipe, water, water pipe, wet, wet down
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
hose
1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See {hosed}. 2. n. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. n. Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called 'bit hose' or 'hosery' (play on 'hosiery') or 'etherhose'. See also {washing machine}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
hose
1. To make non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the system." See {hosed}. 2. A narrow channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. Cabling, especially {thick Ethernet cable}. This is sometimes called "bit hose" or "hosery" (a play on "hosiery") or "etherhose". See also {washing machine}. [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hose (Dan. 3:21), a tunic or undergarment.
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