hat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hat
    n 1: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has
         shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: {hat}, {chapeau},
         {lid}]
    2: an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his
       politician's hat and talked frankly"
    v 1: put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted"
    2: furnish with a hat
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hat \Hat\ (h[aum]t), a.
   Hot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hat \Hat\,
   sing. pres. of {Hote} to be called. Cf. {Hatte}. [Obs.] "That
   one hat abstinence." --Piers Plowman.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hat \Hat\ (h[a^]t), n. [AS. h[ae]t, h[ae]tt; akin to Dan. hat,
   Sw. hatt, Icel. hattr a hat, h["o]ttr hood, D. hoed hat, G.
   hut, OHG. huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. [root]13. Cf.
   {Hood}.]
   A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim,
   made of various materials, and worn by men or women for
   protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Hat block}, a block on which hats are formed or dressed.

   {To pass around the hat}, to take up a collection of
      voluntary contributions, which are often received in a
      hat. [Colloq.] --Lowell.
      [1913 Webster]
from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
hat
 n.

   Common (spoken) name for the circumflex (`^', ASCII 1011110)
   character. See {ASCII} for other synonyms.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
hat

   A common (spoken) name for the circumflex ("^", ASCII 94)
   character.

   See {ASCII} for other synonyms.

   [{Jargon File}]
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
HAT
       Hashed Address Table
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hat
Chald. karb'ela, (Dan. 3:21), properly mantle or pallium. The
Revised Version renders it "tunic."
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "hat":
      Balmoral, Dutch cap, Panama, Panama hat, Salvation Army bonnet,
      Stetson, astrakhan, balaclava helmet, baseball cap, beany,
      bearskin, beaver, beret, boater, bonnet, boot, bowler, brass hat,
      breech, busby, calash, campaign hat, cap, capote, castor, ceil,
      chapeau, chapeau bras, cloak, cloche, coat, cock-and-pinch, coif,
      cork, coverchief, coxcomb, crown, derby, dome, fantail, fez, frock,
      gown, handkerchief, hard hat, headcloth, headdress, headgear,
      headpiece, headtire, headwear, helmet, homburg, hood, jacket,
      jockey cap, kaffiyeh, kelly, kepi, kerchief, leghorn, lid, mantle,
      millinery, mobcap, mortarboard, nightcap, opera hat, overseas cap,
      peaked cap, picture hat, pillbox, pith hat, pith helmet, plug,
      poke, porkpie, puggree, roof, roof in, rumal, sailor, scraper,
      shirt, shoe, shovel hat, silk hat, skullcap, slouch hat, snood,
      sock, sombrero, stocking, stopper, stovepipe, sun hat, sun helmet,
      sunbonnet, sundown, tam, ten-gallon hat, tin hat, tip, top,
      top hat, topee, topper, trilby, turban, tyrolean hat, wide-awake,
      wimple, wind-cutter, yarmulka
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