pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with a hat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern. ] To tire or worry; -- with out. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or sells hats. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, tuatara, and Tuatera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Turk., fr. Ar. khatt a writing + sherīf noble. ] A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hatstand. [ 1913 Webster ]