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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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…Hūr'dle, v. t. p. 645To make up, hedge, cover, or close, with hurdles. Seward.Hârds, n. p. 645The coarse part of flax or hemp. See HARDS.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.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…Hûrl, v. i. p. 645To move rapidly; to whirl. [Rare.] 2. To play at a kind of game of ball. Halliwell.Hûrl, n. p. 645The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. 2. Tumult; riot; commotion. Knolles.Hûrl'-băt, n. p. 645A whirl-bat; an old kind of weapon whirled round very rapidly. Ainsworth.Hŭrl'-bōne, n. p. 645(Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse.Hûrled, p. a. p. 645Whirled; twisted. “Crooked shoes to fit hurled feet.” Fuller.Hûrl'er, n. p. 645One who hurls, or plays at hurling.Hŭr'ling, n. p. 645The act of throwing with force. 2. A certain game of ball.Hûrl'wind, n. p. 645A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.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.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.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.Hur-rā' or Hur-rāh', interj. p. 646Huzza! a shout of joy or exultation.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…Hür'ri-cā'no, n. p. 646A hurricane. [Obs.] "Cataracts and hurricanoes spout." Shak.Hŭr'ried-ly, adv. p. 646In a hurried manner. Bowring.Hür'ried-ness, n. p. 646State of being hurried. Scott.Hŭr'ri-er, n. p. 646One who hurries, urges, or impels.Hür'ry, v. t. p. 646To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to drive or press forward with more rapidity; to urge onward; to cause to advance precipitately or violently. Impetuous lust hurries him on to satisfy the…Hŭr'ry, v. i. p. 646To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.Hŭr'ry, n. p. 646The act of hurrying; a driving or pressing forward in motion or business; pressure; urgency; precipitation; bustle. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, and puts it into a violent hurry of thought.…Hür'ry-ing-ly, adv. p. 646In a hurrying manner.Hür'ry-skür'ry, adv. p. 646Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.Hûrst, n. p. 646A wood or grove;—a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazelhurst.Hŭrt, v. t. p. 646To cause physical pain to; to afflict; to wound or bruise painfully. The hurt lion groans within his den. Dryden. 2. To impair the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to…Hürt, n. p. 646A physical injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like. The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke. 2. Injury; damage; detriment. Syn.—Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss…Hür'tel, n. p. 646A horse. See HURTLE.Hŭrt'er, n. p. 646One who hurts or does harm. 2. [Fr. hurtoir.] (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of the platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun-carriages from injuring the parapet.Hŭrt'ful, a. p. 646Tending to impair or destroy; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or destruction; as, hurtful words or conduct. Syn.—Pernicious; destructive; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental…Hûrt'ful-ly, adv. p. 646Injuriouly; mischievously.Hŭrt'ful-ness, n. p. 646Injuriousness; tendency to occasion loss or destruction; mischievousness.Hŭr'tle, v. i. p. 646To meet with violence or a shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds, and brake Each other's neck. Fairfax. 2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush forth suddenly or with violence…Hŭr'tle, v. t. p. 646To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl about; to brandish. [Obs.] His harmful club he 'gan to hurtle high. Spenser. 2. To push forcibly; to hurl. And he him hurtleth with his horse adown.…Hûr'tle, n. p. 646A horse;—so called among the Highlanders in Scotland. [Written also hurtel.]Hûr'tle-bĕr'ry, n. p. 646The same as HUCKLEBERRY and WHORTLEBERRY. See HUCKLEBERRY.Hûrt'less, a. p. 646Doing no injury; innoxious; harmless; innocuous; innocent. “Hurtless blows he makes.” Dryden. 2. Receiving no injury.Hûrt'less-ly, adv. p. 646Without harm. Sidney.Hûrt'less-ness, n. p. 646The state or quality of being hurtless; harmlessness.Hur-toir', n. p. 646Same as HURTER, No. 2.Hŭs'band, n. p. 646A male head of a household; a manager of domestic concerns; one who orders the economy of a family; especially, a cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] In these fields The painful husband…Hŭs′band, v. t. p. 646To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ in the manner best suited to produce the greatest effect; to spend, apply, or use with economy. He is conscious how ill he has husbanded the…Hŭs'band-a-ble, a. p. 646Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.Hûs'band-age, n. p. 646Allowance to the managing owner of a vessel for acting as ship's husband, or attending to her concerns.Hŭs'band-less, a. p. 646Destitute of a husband. Shak.Hŭs'band-ly, a. p. 646Frugal; thrifty. [Obs.] Tusser.Hūs'band-man, n. p. 646The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground; one who labors in tillage.Hŭs'band-ry, n. p. 646Care of domestic affairs; domestic economy; management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; The candles are all out. Shak. 2. The business of a husbandman or farmer, comprehending the various…Hŭsh, a. p. 646Silent; still; quiet; as, they are hush as death.Hŭsh, v. t. p. 646To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak. 2. To appease; to allay; to calm, as commotion or agitation. Wilt…Hûsh, v. i. p. 646To be still; to be silent;—especially used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.Hŭsh, n. p. 646Stillness; quiet. [Rare.] “It is the hush of night.” Byron.Hüsh'er, n. p. 646An usher. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. A bully. [Local, U. S.]Hūsh'-mōn'ey, n. p. 646A bribe to secure silence; money paid to hinder information or disclosure of facts. Swift.Hūsk, n. p. 646The external covering of certain fruits or seeds of plants; glume; hull; rind; chaff; — in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.Hŭsk, v. t. p. 646To strip off the external integument or covering of; as, to husk maize.Husked, p. a. p. 646Covered with a husk. 2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.