Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hŭck'ster-age, n. p. 642The business of a huckster; small dealings; piddling. “Ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes.” Milton.Hŭck'stress, n. p. 642A female peddler.Hūd, n. p. 642The shell or hull of a nut. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Hŭd'dle, v. i. p. 642To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd. “The cattle huddled on the lea.” Tennyson. Huddling together on the public square…Hŭd'dle, v. t. p. 642To perform hastily, carelessly, and negligently; to hurry and slight. Let him forecast his work with timely care, Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. Dryden. 2. To put on; to do in haste…Hŭd'dle, n. p. 642A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together without order or regularity; tumult; confusion.Hŭd'dler, n. p. 642One who throws things into confusion; a bungler.Hū'di-brăs'tic, a. p. 642Similar in manner to Hudibras, or in the style of doggerel poetry.Hūe, n. p. 642Color; tint; dye. “Flowers of all hues.” Milton.Hūe, n. p. 642A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, and join in the pursuit till the malefactor…Hūed, a. p. 642Having a color. [Rare.] Chaucer.Hūe'less, a. p. 642Destitute of color. Hudibras.Hū'er, n. p. 642One who cries out or gives an alarm; especially, on the English shores, a man stationed on a high point to give notice to fishers as to the movement of shoals of fish. Carew.Hŭff, n. p. 643A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and anger; a rage. “Left the place in a huff.” W. Irving. 2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.…Hŭff, v. t. p. 643To swell; to enlarge; to puff up. Grew. 2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.Hŭff, v. i. p. 643To dilate or enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. 2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm. This arrogant conceit made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. South. 3. To…Hŭff'-cāp, a. p. 643Huffy; swaggering. [Obs.] “Huff-cap terms and thundering threats.” Hall.Hŭff'er, n. p. 643A bully; a swaggerer; a blusterer.Hŭff'i-ness, n. p. 643The state of being huffy or puffed up; petulance. Hudibras.Hŭff'ish, a. p. 643Disposed to put on swelling, petulant, or bullying airs; arrogant. Johnson.Hŭff'ish-ly, adv. p. 643With arrogance or blustering.Hŭff'ish-ness, n. p. 643Arrogance; petulance; noisy bluster. Johnson.Hŭff'y, a. p. 643Puffed up; swelled; as, huffy bread. 2. Characterized by arrogance, bluster, or petulance; as, a huffy person.Hŭg, v. t. p. 643To press closely within the arms; to embrace closely; to clasp to the bosom; to grasp or gripe. “And hugged me in his arms.” Shak. 2. To embrace closely; to hold fast; to treat with fondness. We hug…Hŭg, v. i. p. 643To crowd together; to cuddle; as, to hug with swine. Shak.Hŭg, n. p. 643A close embrace; a clasp or gripe.Hūge, a. p. 643Very large or great; enormous; monstrous; immense; as, a huge mountain; a huge ox. 2. Extended; very great; carried to a high degree;—inelegantly applied to space, distance, and degree; as, a huge…Hūge'ly, adv. p. 643Very greatly; enormously; immensely. Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea? Shak.Hūge′ness, n. p. 643Enormous bulk or largeness; as, the hugeness of a mountain or of an elephant.Hūġe'oŭs, a. p. 643Huge. [Obs. and low.] “Hugeous length of trunk.” Byrom.Hŭg'ger, n. p. 643One who hugs or embraces.Hŭg'ger-mŭg'ger, n. p. 643Privacy; secrecy. [Colloq. and low.] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger in our day. Fuller.Hŭg'ger-mŭg'ger, a. p. 643Secret; clandestine; close; sly. 2. Confused; disorderly; poor; mean; contemptible; as, hugger-mugger doings; hugger-mugger condition.Hūg'gle, v. t. p. 643To hug; to clasp. [Obs.] Holland.Hū'gue-not, n. p. 643(Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the sixteenth century.Hū'gue-not-ism, n. p. 643The religion of the Huguenots in France.Hū'gy, a. p. 643Vast in size. [Obs.] Dryden.Huï'sher, n. p. 643An usher. [Obs.] See USHER. B. Jonson.Hu'sher, v. t. p. 643To usher. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Hūke, n. p. 643A cloak; a hyke. [Obs.] Bacon.Hūlech, n. p. 643A bunch or hump. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Hŭlch'y, a. p. 643Much swelling; gibbous. [Obs.]Hūlk, n. p. 643The body of a ship, or decked vessel of any kind;—especially applied to the body of an old ship or vessel which is laid by as unfit for service. “Some well-timbered hulk.” Spenser. 2. Any thing bulky…Hūlk, v. t. p. 643To take out the entrails of; as, to hulk a hare. Ainsworth.Hūlk'y, a. p. 643Bulky; unwieldy. [Obs. or Prov.]Hŭll, n. p. 643The outer covering of any thing, particularly of a nut or of grain; the husk. 2. (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Totten. Hull down, having…Hŭll, v. t. p. 643To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; as, to hull grain. 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship with a cannon-ball.Hŭll, v. i. p. 643To float or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship, without sails. Milton.Hŭll'er, n. p. 643One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for separating seeds from their hulls.Hăll-găll', n. p. 643A play or game of children.Hŭll'y, a. p. 643Having husks or pods; siliquous.Hū'lo-ist, n. p. 643The same as HYLOIST.Hū'lo-thē'ĭsm, n. p. 643Hylotheism.Hŭl’ver, n. p. 643Holly, an evergreen shrub, or tree. See HOLLY.Hūm, v. i. p. 643To make a dull, prolonged, nasal sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. 2. To make a drawling sound through the nose in the process of speaking, from…Hŭm, v. t. p. 643To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune. 2. To greet with a murmur or buzz of approbation. 3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on. [Colloq.…Hŭm, n. p. 643The noise of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a whirling wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz. “The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hum.” Shak. 2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound…Hūm, n. p. 643A kind of strong liquor formerly used, regarded by some as a mixture of ale or beer and spirits. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Hūm, interj. p. 643Ahem; hem; a sound with a pause implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.Hū'man, a. p. 643Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; pertaining or relating to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human knowledge; human life. To err…