Webster's Dictionary 1913

3376

Hugger (2)

Hug″ger, v. t. & i. To conceal; to lurk ambush. Bp. Hall.

3377

Hugger-mugger

Hug″ger–mug′ger (?), n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.] Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with hast...

3378

Hugger-mugger (2)

Hug″ger–mug′ger, a. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly.2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.

3379

Huggle

Hug″gle (?), v. t. [Freq. of hug.] To hug.

3380

Huguenot

Hu″gue‐not (?), n. [F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot) of some person conspicuous as a reformer.] (Eccl. Hist.) A Fre...

3381

Huguenotism

Hu″gue‐not‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. huguenotisme.] The religion of the Huguenots in France.

3382

Hugy

Hu″gy (?), a. Vast. Dryden.

3383

Huia bird

Hu″ia bird′ (?). (Zoöl.) A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the ...

3384

Huisher

Hui″sher (?), n. See Usher. B. Jonson.

3385

Huisher (2)

Hui″sher, v. t. To usher. Jer. Taylor.

3386

Huke

Huke (?), n. [OF. huque, LL. huca; cf. D. huik.] An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages. [Written also heuk and hyke.] Bacon.

3387

Hulan

Hu″lan (?), n. See Uhlan.

3388

Hulch

Hulch (?), n. [Cf. Hunch.] A hunch.

3389

Hulchy

Hulch″y (?), a. Swollen; gibbous.

3390

Hulk

Hulk (?), n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. �, prop., a ship which is t...

3391

Hulk (2)

Hulk (?), v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. hålka.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. Beau. & Fl.

3392

Hulking

{ Hulk″ing, Hulk″y (?), } a. Bulky; unwiedly. “A huge hulking fellow.” H. Brooke.

3393

Hull

Hull (?), n. [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. hülle covering, husk, case, hüllen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. √17. See Hele, v. t...

3394

Hull (2)

Hull, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hulled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hulling.] 1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.2. To pierce the hull o...

3395

Hull (3)

Hull, v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. Shak. Milton.

3396

Hullabaloo

Hul′la‐ba‐loo″ (?), n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused noise; uproar; tumult. Thackeray.

3397

Hulled

Hulled (?), a. Deprived of the hulls.Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.

3398

Huller

Hull″er (?), n. One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.

3399

Hullo

Hul‐lo″ (?), interj. See Hollo.

3400

Hully

Hull″y (?), a. Having or containing hulls.

3401

Huloist

Hu″lo‐ist (?), n. See Hyloist.

3402

Hulotheism

Hu″lo‐the‐ism (?), n. See Hylotheism.