1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
In huckster’s hands, adv. phr. (old).—See quot.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hucksters.... In huckster’s
hands, at a desperate Pass, or Condition, or in a fair way to be
Lost.
Hucksum (also Huckle, or Huckle-bone, or Huck-bone).—The hip.
c. 1508. Dunbar, Flyting (Poems, ed. 1834, ii., 72). With
huck-bones harth and haw.
d. 1529. Skelton, Elynor Rummyn (Poems, 1843, i.). The bones of her
huckels Lyke as they were buckels.
1575. Still, Gammer Gurton’s Needle, i., 3 (Dodsley, Old Plays, 4th
ed., 1875, iii., 180). For bursting of her huckle-bone, or breaking
of her shin.
Huddle, verb. (venery).—To copulate. For synonyms, see Greens and Ride.
Hue, verb. (old).—See quot.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. The Cove was Hued in the
Naskin, the Rogue was severely Lasht in Bridewell.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Huey, subs. (Old Cant).—A town or village.
1851–61. H. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, vol. I., p. 231.
‘Where do you stall to in the huey?’ which, fairly translated,
means, ‘Where do you lodge in the town?’
Huff, subs. (colloquial).—1. An outburst of temper; peevishness;
offence at some real or imaginary wrong or slight. Hence, to get (or
take) the huff = to fly into a passion.
1599. H. Porter, Two Angry Women of Abingdon (Dodsley, Old Plays,
4th ed., 1875, vii., 311). And as thou say’st to me, to him I said,
But in a greater huff and hotter blood.
1676. Etherege, Man of Mode, Wks. (1704), i., 190. Tax her with the
next fop that comes Into my head, and in a huff march away.
1688. Shadwell, Sq. of Alsatia, Wks. (1720), iv., 63. If you were
not the brother to my dearest friend, I know what my honour would
prompt me to [walks in a huff].
1700. Farquhar, Constant Couple, ii., 2. I offer’d her fifty
guineas, and she was in her airs presently, and flew away in a
huff.
1705–7. Ward, Hudibras Redivivus, vol. II., pt. iv., p. 26. I pay’d
three Shillings, in a Huff, For my half Pint of liquid Stuff.
1759–67. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ch. xxix. He left off the study
of projectiles in a kind of huff, and betook himself to the
practical part of fortification only. Idem. ch. c. Can I? cried
Susannah, shutting the door in a huff.
1769. Chatterton, Poems, ‘Journal’ (Chalmers, English Poets, 1810,
xv., 495). ‘Sir,’ quoth the Rector in a huff.
1777. Sheridan, Trip to Scarborough, i., 1. The lady not
condescending to give me any serious reasons for having fooled me
for a month, I left her in a huff.
1825. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, bk. II., ch. 16. What a huff you’re at!
I only axed a question.
1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, ch. xx. He is as proud as Lucifer, he is
always taking huff about one thing or the other.
1855. Browning, Men and Women, ‘Fra Lippo Lippi’ (Ed. 1864, p.
357). You’ll not mistake an idle word Spoke in a huff by a poor
monk?
1885. T. E. Brown, The Doctor, p. 30. Already my goodness! he’s
taking the huff.
1892. Anstey, Model Music-Hall, 37. Some parties in a huff rage At
the plea for Female Suffrage.