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HostageHostage Hos"tage, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F.
[^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L.
hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a
guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as
a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See
Host a landlord.]
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of
the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on
the performance of which the person is to be released.
Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall
talk before we fight. --Shak.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to
fortune. --Bacon. Sulphostannate
Sulphostannate Sul`pho*stan"nate, n. (Chem.)
A salt of sulphostannic acid.
Sulphostannic
Sulphostannic Sul`pho*stan"nic, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more
exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as
a dark brown amorphous substance, H?SnS?, forming a
well-known series of salts.
Meaning of Hosta from wikipedia
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Hosta (/ˈhɒstə/, syn. Funkia) is a
genus of
plants commonly known as
hostas,
plantain lilies and
occasionally by the ****anese name gibōshi.
Hostas are...
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Hosta ventricosa, the blue
plantain lily, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Asparagaceae,
native to
southeast and south-central China, and...
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Hosta plantaginea, the
fragrant plantain lily or
August lily, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Asparagaceae,
native to
southeast and south-central...
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Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold's
plantain lily, is a
species of
hosta native to ****an. A ****tive variety,
Hosta sieboldiana var.
elegans (called the giant...
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Hosta 'Undulata' is a
cultivar of the
genus Hosta,
widely cultivated as
ornamental plants in
borders or as
specimen plants. It was
formerly regarded as...
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Hosta virus X (HVX) is a
virus that
infects hostas. The
disease was
first identified in 1996 by Dr.
Benham Lockhart at the
University of Minnesota, and...
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Hosta capitata is a
species of
flowering plant in the
genus Hosta. "
Hosta capitata". v t e...
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Hosta clausa is a medium-sized
flowering plant in the
genus Hosta,
native to Korea,
Manchuria and
Primorye in the
Russian Far East. It was
first identified...
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Hosta most
commonly refers to:
Hosta, a
genus of
about 23 to 45
species of
plants Hosta may also
refer to:
Hosta, Pyrénées-Atlantiques,
France Hosta, Škofja...
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Hosta minor is a
species of
flowering plant in the
Asparagaceae family. It is one of the
smallest hostas. It is also
known as
Hosta sieboldii 'Alba'....
