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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. Hür'tel, n.p. 646A horse. See HURTLE.
  2. 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.
  3. 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…
  4. Hûrt'ful-ly, adv.p. 646Injuriouly; mischievously.
  5. Hŭrt'ful-ness, n.p. 646Injuriousness; tendency to occasion loss or destruction; mischievousness.
  6. 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…
  7. 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.…
  8. Hûr'tle, n.p. 646A horse;—so called among the Highlanders in Scotland. [Written also hurtel.]
  9. Hûr'tle-bĕr'ry, n.p. 646The same as HUCKLEBERRY and WHORTLEBERRY. See HUCKLEBERRY.
  10. Hûrt'less, a.p. 646Doing no injury; innoxious; harmless; innocuous; innocent. “Hurtless blows he makes.” Dryden. 2. Receiving no injury.
  11. Hûrt'less-ly, adv.p. 646Without harm. Sidney.
  12. Hûrt'less-ness, n.p. 646The state or quality of being hurtless; harmlessness.
  13. Hur-toir', n.p. 646Same as HURTER, No. 2.
  14. 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…
  15. 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…
  16. Hŭs'band-a-ble, a.p. 646Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
  17. Hûs'band-age, n.p. 646Allowance to the managing owner of a vessel for acting as ship's husband, or attending to her concerns.
  18. Hŭs'band-less, a.p. 646Destitute of a husband. Shak.
  19. Hŭs'band-ly, a.p. 646Frugal; thrifty. [Obs.] Tusser.
  20. 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.
  21. 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…
  22. Hŭsh, a.p. 646Silent; still; quiet; as, they are hush as death.
  23. 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…
  24. 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.
  25. Hŭsh, n.p. 646Stillness; quiet. [Rare.] “It is the hush of night.” Byron.
  26. Hüsh'er, n.p. 646An usher. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. A bully. [Local, U. S.]
  27. Hūsh'-mōn'ey, n.p. 646A bribe to secure silence; money paid to hinder information or disclosure of facts. Swift.
  28. 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.
  29. Hŭsk, v. t.p. 646To strip off the external integument or covering of; as, to husk maize.
  30. Husked, p. a.p. 646Covered with a husk. 2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
  31. Hŭsk'-i-ly, adv.p. 646In a husky manner; dryly.
  32. Hŭsk'i-ness, n.p. 646The state of being husky. 2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.
  33. Hŭsk'ing, n.p. 646The act of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn. 2. A meeting of neighbors or friends, to assist in husking maize. [U. S.]
  34. Hüsk'y, a.p. 646Abounding with husks; consisting of husks; resembling husks; rough. Dryden. 2. Rough in tone; not clear; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
  35. Hū'so, n.p. 646(Ichth.) A sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from which the finest isinglass is obtained.
  36. Hus-sär', n.p. 646(Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now one of the light cavalry of European armies. ☞ The equipments of these troops are very light and elegant, their arms being a…
  37. Hüss'ite, n.p. 646(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the reformer, who was burnt alive in 1415.
  38. Hŭs'zy, n.p. 646An ill-behaved woman or girl; a sorry wench; a jade; — used as a term of contempt or reproach. 2. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young female; — used jocosely. 3. A case or bag containing…
  39. Hŭs'tings, n. pl.p. 646The principal court of the city of London, held before the lord mayor, recorder, and aldermen, the recorder being, however, in effect, the sole judge. 2. The place where an election of a member of…
  40. Hŭs'tle, v. t.p. 646To shake together in confusion; to push or crowd with violence; to expel with rough usage; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room.
  41. Hŭs'tle, v. i.p. 646To move hastily and with confusion; to hurry. Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress wofully ill arrayed. W. Scott.
  42. Hŭs'wife, n.p. 646A female economist or housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs. “The bounteous huswife Nature.” Shak. 2. A worthless woman; a bad manager. See HUSSY. Shak. 3. A case for sewing materials and…
  43. Hüs'wife, v. t.p. 646To manage with frugality; — said of a woman. Dryden.
  44. Hŭs'-wife-ly, a.p. 646Like a huswife; frugal; economical; prudent. Tusser.
  45. Hŭs'wife-ly, adv.p. 646Like a huswife; thriftily; prudently; frugally. Barret.
  46. Hūs'wife-ry, n.p. 646The business of managing the concerns of a family by a female; female domestic economy. Tusser.
  47. Hŭt, n.p. 646A small house, hovel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a cottage.
  48. Hŭt, v. t.p. 646To place in huts, as troops encamped in winter quarters. “The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.” W. Irving.
  49. Hŭtch, n.p. 646A chest, box, coffer, bin, or other place in which things may be stored, or animals caught or confined; as, a grain-hutch, a rabbit-hutch, and the like. 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. 3.…
  50. Hŭtch, v. t.p. 647To hoard or lay up, as in a chest. Milton.
  51. Hütech'in-sō'ni-an, n.p. 647(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of the opinions of John Hutchinson, of Yorkshire, England.
  52. Hut-tō'ni-an, a.p. 647(Geol.) Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. Hutton. Lyell.
  53. Hŭx, v. t.p. 647To fish for, as pike, with hooks and lines fastened to floating bladders. [Obs.]
  54. Hŭx'ter, v. i.p. 647To trade in a small way; to huckster.
  55. Hŭzz, v. i.p. 647To buzz. [Obs.] There shall be no such huzzing and burring in the preacher's ear. Latimer.
  56. Huz-zā', n.p. 647A shout of joy. They wanted the huzzas of mobs. S. Smith.
  57. Huz-zä', interj.p. 647Hurrah;—an expression of joy or exultation.
  58. Huz-zā', v. i.p. 647To utter a loud shout of joy, or an exclamation in joy or praise.
  59. Huz'zā', v. t.p. 647To receive or attend with shouts of joy. He was huzzaed into the court by several thousand of weavers and clothiers. Addison.
  60. Hÿ'a-cinth, n.p. 647(Bot.) (a.) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety. (b.) A plant of the genus Scilla (S. Fraseri), called also…