hopeless

[Eng.hope; -le .] 1. Destitute of or without hope; having no hope of fortune, succe , or prosperity; despairing. "Her last companion, in a dearth Of love, upon a hopele earth." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, ii. IMG:content-1273.png:[blocks in formation] "Right by the hoper wol I stande." Chaucer: C. Т. , 4,034. 5. Hydr. Eng.: A boat or barge, driven by steam, and having a movable bottom, in which the mud, ., raised by a dredging-machine is conveyed into deep water, there to be allowed to fall out; a hopper-barge.