hong

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hong - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hong \Hong\, n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile
     house, factory.]
     A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in
     China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices
     connected by a common passage and used for business or
     storage.
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     Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who,
        previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had
        the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.
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  Hong \Hong\, v. t. & i.
     To hang. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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