Webster's Dictionary 1913

3619

Huskiness

Hus″ki‐ness, n. 1. The state of being husky.2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.

3620

Husking

Husk″ing (?), n. 1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; — called also husking bee. “A...

3621

Husky

Husk″y (?), a. [From Husk, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Dryden.

3622

Husky (2)

Hus″ky (?), a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hwōsta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. hōsti. See Wheeze.] Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a...

3623

Husky (3)

Hus″ky (?), a. Powerful; strong; burly.A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. Hamlin Garland.

3624

Husky (4)

Hus″ky (?), n.; pl. -kies (#). [Cf. Eskimo.] 1. An Eskimo; also, an Eskimo dog.2. The Eskimo language.

3625

Huso

Hu″so (?), n. [NL., fr. G. hausen, and E. isin�glass.] (Zoöl.) (a) A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes ...

3626

Hussar

Hus‐sar″ (?), n. [Hung. huszár, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, ...

3627

Hussite

Huss″ite (?), n.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.

3628

Hussy

Hus″sy (?), n. [Contr. fr. huswife.] 1. A housewife or housekeeper.2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; — used as a term of contempt or reproach. Grew.3. A per...

3629

Hussy (2)

Hus″sy, n. [From Icel. h�si a case, prob. fr. h�s house. See House, and cf. Housewife a bag, Huswife a bag.] A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.

3630

Hustings

Hus″tings (?), n. pl. [OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. h�sting; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. h�s�ing; h�s home + �ing thing, assembly, meeting; akin to Dan. & Sw. ting, E. t...

3631

Hustle

Hus″tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hustled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hustling (?).] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch.] To shake together in confusion; to push, ...

3632

Hustle (2)

Hus″tle, v. i. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry.Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arraye...

3633

Huswife

Hus″wife (?), n. [OE. huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. Hussy a housewife, Housewife.] [Written also housewife.] 1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a...

3634

Huswife (2)

Hus″wife, v. t. To manage with frugality; — said of a woman. Dryden.

3635

Huswifely

Hus″wife‐ly, a. Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent. — adv. In a huswifely manner.

3636

Huswifery

Hus″wife‐ry (?), n. The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill. Tusser.

3637

Hut

Hut (?), n. [OE. hotte; akin to D. hut, G. hütte, OHG. hutta, Dan. hytte, Sw. hydda; and F. hutte, of G. origin; all akin to E. hide to conceal. See Hude to conceal.] A small ho...

3638

Hutch

Hutch (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Hutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hutting.] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.The troops hutted among the heigh...

3639

Hutch (2)

Hutch (?), n. [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.] 1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutc...

3640

Hutch (3)

Hutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hutching.] 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. “She hutched the... ore.” Milton.2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

3641

Hutchunsonian

Hutch′un‐so″ni‐an (?), n. A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theo...

3642

Huttonian

Hut‐to″ni‐an (?), a. Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. Lyell.

3643

Huttoning

Hut″ton‐ing (?), n. [So named after two English bonesetters, Richard and Robert Hutton, who made it a part of their method.] (Med.) Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff,...

3644

Huxter

Hux″ter (?), n. & v. i. See Huckster.

3645

Huyghenian

Huy‐ghe″ni‐an (?), a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope.Huyghenian eyepieceSee under...