Hunkers
Hun″kers (?), n. pl. [See Hunker.] In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position.Sit on your hunkers — and pray for the bridge. Kipling.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Hunks
Hunks (?), n. A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks. Gray.
Hunky
Hunk″y (?), a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.] All right; in a good condition; also, even; square.He... began to shoot; began to get “hunky” with all those people who had been plugging at him...
Hunt
Hunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n.Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin�an (in comp.) to seize. √36. Cf. Hent.] 1. To search ...
Hunt (2)
Hunt, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.2. To seek; to pursue; to searc...
Hunt (3)
Hunt, n. 1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.2. The game secured in the hunt. Shak.3. A pack...
Hunt (4)
Hunt, v. i. 1. (Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-...
Hunt (5)
Hunt, v. t.(Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
Hunt-counter
Hunt″–count′er (?), n. A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. Shak.
Hunt's-up
Hunt's″–up′ (?), n. A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. Shak.Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy h...
Hunte
Hunt″e (?), n. [AS. hunta.] A hunter. Chaucer.
Hunter
Hunt″er (?), n. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak.3. A horse used...
Hunterian
Hun‐te″ri‐an (?), a. Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
Hunting
Hunt″ing (?), n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith.Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors ...
Huntress
Hunt″ress (?), n. A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana. Shak.
Huntsman
Hunts″man (?), n.; pl.Huntsmen (�). 1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting.2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange.Hunts...
Huntsmanship
Hunts″man‐ship (?), n. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
Hurden
Hur″den (?), n. [From Hurds.] A coarse kind of linen; — called also harden.
Hurdle
Hur″dle (?), n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. hürde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur� door, Goth. haúrds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. �, S...
Hurdle (2)
Hur″dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hurdleed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hurdleing (?).] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
Hurdlework
Hur″dle‐work′ (?), n. Work after manner of a hurdle.
Hurds
Hurds (?), n. [See Hards.] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
Hurdy-gurdy
Hur″dy–gur′dy (?), n. 1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, ...
Hurkaru
Hur‐ka″ru (?), n. [Hind. harkāra] In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]
Hurl
Hurl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hurled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. √16. See Hurtle...
Hurl (2)
Hurl, v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly.2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (...
Hurl (3)
Hurl, n. 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. Knolles.3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and m...