Hus"ki*ly (?), adv. [From Husky.] In a husky manner; dryly.
Hus"ki*ness, n. 1. The state of being husky.
2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.
G. Eliot.
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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. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.
Husk"y (?), a. [From Husk, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of
husks. Dryden.
Hus"ky (?), a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hwsta; akin to
D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. hsti. See Wheeze.] Rough in
tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
Hu"so (?), n. [NL., fr. G. hausen, and E. isin&?;glass.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A
large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the
Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than
twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen.
(b) The huchen, a large salmon.
Hus*sar" (?), n. [Hung. husz·r, from husz twenty, because under King
Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to
furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the
same source.] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary
and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
Huss"ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian
reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.
Hus"sy (?), n. [Contr. fr. huswife.] 1. A housewife or housekeeper.
[Obs.]
2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a
term of contempt or reproach. Grew.
3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely.
Goldsmith.
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.
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. thing. See House, and
Thing.] 1. A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif.,
a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs,
to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within
the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become
unimportant. Mozley & W.
2. Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of
the British Parliament.
3. The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in
addressing the electors. [Eng.]
When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies.
Tennyson.
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, jostle, or crowd rudely; to
handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. Macaulay.
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 arrayed.
Sir W. Scott.
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 thirfty woman.
"The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak.
The huswife is she that do labor doth fall.
Tusser.