Hosepipe

In locomotive-engines, an elastic pipe or tube made of vulcanized gutta-perch a, or of canvas saturated with a solution of india-rubber, sometimes galvanized, and forming a good elastic connection between the engine and tender feed-pipes. They are now generally used in preference to ball-and-socket connections for conveying the stream to the tender. Also, the flexible tube attached to a fire-engine, for conveying water or steam to extinguish a conflagration. Hoshe'a, the last king of Israel, the succe or of Pekah, whom he slew, (2 Kings xv. 30,) в. с. 730. Н reigned nine years, and was then carried away captive by Shalmaneser, в. с. 721. Hos hung a bad, a town of Central India, on the Nerbudda, Lat. 22° 44′ N., Lon. 77° 44′ E. Hosier, (ho'zher,) n. One who deals in knitted or woven goods, as stockings, socks, muffetees, . "As arrant a Cockney as any hosier in Cheap side." - Swift . Ho's iery, n. The busine or calling of a hosier.Stockings and hose in general; socks; knitted or woven goods, as comforts, mittens, . Hoskinsville, in Ohio, a village of Morgan co., abt. 90 m. E. by S. of Columbus.