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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Hŭnch, n.p. 645A hump; a protuberance; as, the hunch of a camel. 2. A lump; a thick piece; a hunk. His wife brought out the cut loaf and a piece of Wiltshire cheese, and I took them in hand, gave Richard a good…
  2. Hŭnch, v. t.p. 645To push with the elbow; to push or thrust with a sudden jerk. 2. To push out in a protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.
  3. Hŭnch'-bäck, n.p. 645A humpback.
  4. Hŭnch'-bācked, a.p. 645Having a crooked back. L'Estrange.
  5. Hūn'dred, n.p. 645The product of ten multiplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection, body, or sum, consisting of ten times ten individuals or units; five score;—written 100, or C. ☞ The word hundred…
  6. Hŭn'dred, a.p. 645Ten times ten; ninety and ten added; as, a hundred dollars.
  7. Hŭn'dred-cōurt, n.p. 645(Eng.) A court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. Blackstone.
  8. Hŭn'dred-er, n.p. 645An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred. 2. (Law.) A person impaneled, or fit to be impaneled, upon juries, dwelling within the hundred where the cause of action arose. 3. One having the…
  9. Hŭn'dredth, a.p. 645Next following in order the ninety-ninth; coming last of a hundred successive individuals. 2. Forming one of a hundred parts into which any thing is divided; the tenth of a tenth.
  10. Hŭn'dredth, n.p. 645One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
  11. Hŭng, imp. & p. p.p. 645of hang.
  12. Hun-gā'ri-an, a.p. 645(Geog.) Pertaining to Hungary.
  13. Hun-gā'ri-an, n.p. 645(Geog.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hungary.
  14. Hŭn'ga-ry-wāter, n.p. 645A distilled water prepared from the tops of flowers of rosemary;—so called from a queen of Hungary, for whom it was first made.
  15. Hŭng'-beef, n.p. 645The fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.
  16. Hŭn'ger, n.p. 645An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food. 2. Any strong or eager desire. O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser. For hunger of my gold I die.…
  17. Hŭn'ger, v. i.p. 645To feel the pain or uneasiness which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; to crave food. 2. To desire with great eagerness; to long for. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after…
  18. Hŭn'ger, v. t.p. 645To make hungry; to famish. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. Matt. iv. 2.
  19. Hŭn'ger-bĭt or Hŭn'ger-bĭt'ten, a.p. 645Pained, pinched, or weakened by hunger. Milton.
  20. Hŭn'ger-ly, a.p. 645Hungry; wanting food or nourishment. [Obs.] Shak.
  21. Hŭn'ger-ly, adv.p. 645Hungrily. [Obs.] Shak.
  22. Hŭn'gri-ly, adv.p. 645In a hungry manner; voraciously.
  23. Hŭn'gry, a.p. 645Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling pain or uneasiness from want of food; hence, having an eager desire. 2. Showing hunger or a craving desire. Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.…
  24. Hŭnk, n.p. 645A large lump or piece; a hunch. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.]
  25. Hŭnk'er, n.p. 645One opposed to progress in politics; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a conservative; a fogy. [U. S.]
  26. Hŭnk'er-ĭsm, n.p. 645Hostility to progress. [U. S.]
  27. Hŭnks, n.p. 645A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.
  28. Hŭnt, v. t.p. 645To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with hounds for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. 2. To search…
  29. Hŭnt, v. i.p. 645To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game, for sport or other purposes; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5. 2. To seek by close pursuit; to…
  30. Hŭnt, n.p. 645A chase of wild animals for catching them; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak. 2. A huntsman; a hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.] Dryden. 4.…
  31. Hŭnt′-eo̱unt′er, n.p. 645A dog that runs back on the scent, and is therefore worthiess; hence, a blun-derer. Shak.
  32. Hŭnt'er, n.p. 645One who pursues wild animals with a view to take them, either for sport or for food; a huntsman. 2. A dog that scents game, or is employed in the chase; a hunting dog. 3. A horse used in the chase…
  33. Hŭnt'er’s Screwp. 645A differential screw, so named from the inventor. See DIFFERENTIAL.
  34. Hŭnt'ing-cŏg, n.p. 645(Mach.) An odd cog in one of two geared wheels serving to change the order of contact of the teeth, so that the same teeth shall not always meet.
  35. Hŭnt'ing-hōrn, n.p. 645A bugle; a horn used to cheer the hounds in pursuit of game.
  36. Hŭnt'ing-sēat, n.p. 645A temporary residence for the purpose of hunting. Gray.
  37. Hŭnt'ing-watch, n.p. 645A watch having a metallic case or cover over the crystal; a hunter.
  38. Hŭnt'ress, n.p. 645A female that hunts, or follows the chase; as, Diana is called the huntress.
  39. Hŭnts’man or HŬNTS’MEN, n.p. 645One who hunts, or who practices hunting. 2. The servant whose office it is to manage the chase. L’Estrange.
  40. Hŭnts'man-ship, n.p. 645The art or practice of hunting, or the qualifications of a hunter. Donne.
  41. Hūnt's'-ŭp, n.p. 645A tune played on the horn under the windows of sportsmen very early in the morning, to awaken them; hence, any noise of an awakening or alarming nature. [Obs.] They come to play you and your love a…
  42. Hŭr'den, n.p. 645A coarse kind of linen;—called also harden. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shenstone.
  43. Hur'dle, n.p. 645A texture of twigs, osiers, or sticks; a crate of various forms; as, (a.) (Agr.) A movable frame of split timber or sticks wattled together, serving for gates, inclosures, and the like. It is…
  44. Hūr'dle, v. t.p. 645To make up, hedge, cover, or close, with hurdles. Seward.
  45. Hârds, n.p. 645The coarse part of flax or hemp. See HARDS.
  46. Hûr'dy-gür'dy, n.p. 645A stringed instrument of music, whose sounds are produced by the friction of a wheel, and regulated by the fingers. Porter.
  47. Hurl, v. t.p. 645To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; to emit with effort or energy; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl them headlong to their fleet and…
  48. Hûrl, v. i.p. 645To move rapidly; to whirl. [Rare.] 2. To play at a kind of game of ball. Halliwell.
  49. Hûrl, n.p. 645The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. 2. Tumult; riot; commotion. Knolles.
  50. Hûrl'-băt, n.p. 645A whirl-bat; an old kind of weapon whirled round very rapidly. Ainsworth.
  51. Hŭrl'-bōne, n.p. 645(Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse.
  52. Hûrled, p. a.p. 645Whirled; twisted. “Crooked shoes to fit hurled feet.” Fuller.
  53. Hûrl'er, n.p. 645One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
  54. Hŭr'ling, n.p. 645The act of throwing with force. 2. A certain game of ball.
  55. Hûrl'wind, n.p. 645A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.
  56. Hŭr'ly or Hŭr'ly-bŭr'ly, n.p. 645Tumult; bustle; confusion. Unpreaching prelacy hath been the chiefest cause of all this hurly-burly and commotion. Latimer.
  57. Hu-rō'ni-an, a.p. 646(Geol.) Of, or pertaining to, certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the azoic age. Dana.
  58. Hŭrr, v. i.p. 646To make a trilling or rolling sound. [Obs.] R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound. B. Jonson.
  59. Hur-rā' or Hur-rāh', interj.p. 646Huzza! a shout of joy or exultation.
  60. Hŭr'ri-cāne, n.p. 646A violent storm, characterized by the extreme fury of the wind and its sudden changes; — in the East and West Indies, often accompanied by thunder and lightning. Hurricane deck (Naut.), the upper…