HUSBANDLY
HUS'BANDLY, adjective Frugal; thrifty. [Little used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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HUSBANDMAN
HUS'BANDMAN, noun A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground; one who labors in tillage. In America, where men generally own the land on which they labor, the proprietor of ...
HUSBANDRY
HUS'BANDRY, noun The business of a farmer, comprehending agriculture or tillage of the ground, the raising, managing and fattening of cattle and other domestic animals, the mana...
HUSH
HUSH, adjective [Heb. to be silent.] Silent; still; quiet; as, they are hush as death. This adjective never precedes the noun which it qualifies, except in the compound, hushmon...
HUSHMONEY
HUSH'MONEY, noun A bribe to secure silence; money paid to hinder information, or disclosure of facts.
HUSK
HUSK, noun The external covering of certain fruits or seeds of plants. It is the calyx of the flower or glume of corn and grasses, formed of valves embracing the seed. The husks...
HUSKED
HUSK'ED, participle passive Stripped of its husks.1. Covered with a husk.
HUSKINESS
HUSK'INESS, noun The state of being dry and rough, like a husk.
HUSKING
HUSK'ING, participle present tense Stripping off husks.HUSK'ING, noun The act of stripping off husks. In New England, the practice of farmers it to invite their neighbors to ass...
HUSKY
HUSK'Y, adjective Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.1. Resembling husks; dry; rough.2. Rough, as sound; harsh; whizzing.
HUSO
HU'SO, noun A fish of the genus Accipenser, whose mouth is in the under part of the head; the body is naked, or without prickles or protuberances. It grows to the length of twen...
HUSSA
HUSS'A, verb intransitive To utter a loud shout of joy, or an acclamation in joy or praise.HUZZ'A, verb transitive To receive or attend with shouts of joy.
HUSSAR
HUS'SAR, noun s as z. A mounted soldier of horseman, in German cavalry. The hussars are the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia. Their regimentals are a fur cap adorned with...
HUSSITE
HUSS'ITE, noun A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer.
HUSSY
HUSS'Y, noun [contracted from huswife, housewife.]1. A bad or worthless woman. It is used also ludicrously in slight disapprobation or contempt. Go, hussy go.2. An economist; a ...
HUSTINGS
HUS'TINGS, noun1. A court held in Guildhall, in London, before the lord mayor and aldermen of the city; the supreme court or council of the city. In this court are elected the a...
HUSTLE
HUS'TLE, verb intransitive hus'l. To shake together in confusion; to push or crowd.
HUSWIFE
HUS'WIFE, noun A worthless woman; a bad manager. [See Hussy.]1. A female economist; a thrifty woman.HUS'WIFE, verb transitive To manage with economy and frugality.
HUSWIFERY
HUS'WIFERY, noun The business of managing the concerns of a family by a female; female management, good or bad.
HUT
HUT, noun A small house, hovel or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a cottage. It is particularly applied to log-houses erected for troops in winter.HUT, verb transitive To place...
HUTCH
HUTCH, noun1. A chest or box; a corn chest or bin; a case for rabbits.2. A rat trap.
HUTTED
HUT'TED, participle passive Lodged in huts.
HUTTING
HUT'TING, participle present tense Placing in huts; taking lodgings in huts.
HUX
HUX, verb transitive To fish for pike with hooks and lines fastened to floating bladders.
HUZZ
HUZZ, verb intransitive To buzz. [Not in use.]
HUZZA
HUZZ'A, noun A shout of joy; a foreign word used in writing only, and most preposterously, as it is never used in practice. The word used in our native word hoora, or hooraw. [S...
HYACINTH
HY'ACINTH, noun [Latin hyacinthus.]1. In botany, a genus of plants, of several species, and a great number of varieties. The oriental hyacinth has a large, purplish, bulbous roo...