*hote*

n. 1. an antibiotic and antifungal agent (C47H73NO17), produced by a strain of Streptomyces nodosus. It is one of a class of polyene macrolide antibiotics effective against fungal infections. It has a molecular weight of 924.11; it is soluble in oganic solvents but only slightly soluble in water.
Syn. -- Fungizone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel.
Syn. -- hotel-casino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a building that houses both a hotel and a casino.
Syn. -- hotel-casino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. dia- + Gr. &unr_;, light. ] (Elec.) An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. Fallows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ pres. & imp. Hatte Hot etc.; p. p. Hote, Hoten Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete. ] 1. To command; to enjoin. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To promise. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be called; to be named. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) of Southeast China having slender culms flexuous when young.
Syn. -- fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. hôtel, OF. hostel. See Hostel. ] 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A city hall or townhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A hospital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an owner or manager of a hotel or hotels.
Syn. -- hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. of Hote. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. maitres d'hotel. n. 1. A headwaiter.
Syn. -- captain, head waiter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The manager or owner of a hotel. [ PJC ]

{ , a. [ Poly- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, light. ] (Elec.) Pertaining to or designating arc lamps so constructed that more than one can be used on a single circuit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ AS. sceóta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceótan. See Shoot, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) A fish resembling the trout. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Garew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perh. a different word. ] A young hog; a shoat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ pl. Tables d'hôte [ F., literally, table of the landlord. ] 1. A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price. Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a pris fixe meal or a a la carte meal. Often used adjectively; as, a table-d'hôte meal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]