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.
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 (?), v. t. & i.
To hang.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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