Huckle bone. (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone of
the ankle; astragalus. [R.] Udall.
Huc"kle-backed` (?), a. Round- shoulded.
Huc"kle*ber`ry (?), n. [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black
or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus
Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and
formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G.
resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also
whortleberry.
Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
Huck"ster (?), n. [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin
to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat,
Icel. h&?;ka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the
load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale.] 1. A retailer of small
articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. Swift.