adj. covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Growing white or hoary; tending or approaching to white; whitish: applied to hoary, whitish pelage, plumage, or other covering of animals, and to plants with gray or hoary pubescence.
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adj. of greyish white
adj. covered with fine whitish hairs or down
Word Usage
"Indeed, after the canescent heat of the day, and the tossing of our ill-conditioned vessel, we should have been contented with lodgings far less luxurious."