HOYDEN, HOIDEN, hoi'den, _n._ a tomboy, a romp. [Old Dut. _heyden_, a
heathen, a gipsy, _heyde_, heath.]
HUB, hub, _n._ the projecting nave of a wheel; a projection on a wheel for
the insertion of a pin: the hilt of a weapon: a mark at which quoits, &c.,
are cast.--HUB (i.e. centre) OF THE UNIVERSE, Boston, U.S. [A form of
_hob_.]
HUBBLE, hub'l, _n._ (_Scot._) an uproar: a heap, as of work: (_U.S._) a
lump.--_adj._ HUB'BLY.
HUBBLE-BUBBLE, hub'l-bub'l, _n._ an East Indian tobacco-pipe, in which the
smoke is drawn through water with a bubbling sound. [Reduplic. from
_bubble_.]
HUBBUB, hub'ub, _n._ a confused sound of many voices: riot: uproar. [Prob.
a repetition of _hoop_, _whoop_.]
HUBBY, hub'bi, _n._ (_coll._) a diminutive of husband.
HUCKABACK, huk'a-bak, _n._ a coarse variety of linen for towels, &c.,
having raised figures on it. [Skeat suggests as the original meaning
'pedlar's ware,' Low Ger. _hukkebak_; cf. _hawker_.]
HUCKLE, huk'l, _n._ a hunch: the hip--also HUCK.--_adjs._ HUCK'LE-BACKED,
-SHOUL'DERED, having the back or shoulders round.--_n._ HUCK'LE-BONE, the
hip-bone, or ankle-bone. [Dim. of _huck_, a prov. form of _hook_.]
HUCKLEBERRY, huk'l-ber'ri, _n._ a North American shrub (_Gaylussacia_) with
blue berries. [Prob. a corr. of _hurtleberry_.]
HUCKSTER, huk'st[.e]r, _n._ a retailer of smallwares, a hawker or pedlar: a
mean, trickish fellow:--_fem._ HUCK'STRESS.--_v.i._ to deal in small
articles, to higgle meanly.--_n._ HUCK'STERAGE, business of a huckster.
[With fem. suff. _-ster_, from Dut. _heuker_, a retailer, Old Dut.
_hucken_, to stoop or bow; cf. Ice. _húka_, to sit on one's hams, and Eng.
_hawker_.]
HUDDLE, hud'l, _v.i._ to put up things confusedly: to hurry in disorder: to
crowd.--_v.t._ to throw or crowd together in confusion: to put on
hastily.--_n._ a crowd: tumult: confusion. [M. E. _hodren_; prob. a freq.
of M. E. _huden_, to hide.]
HUDDUP, hud-up', _interj._ get up! (to a horse).
HUDIBRASTIC, h[=u]-di-bras'tik, _adj._ similar in style to _Hudibras_, a
metrical burlesque on the Puritans by Samuel Butler (1612-80): doggerel.
HUE, h[=u], _n._ appearance: colour: tint: dye.---_adjs._ HUED, having a
hue; HUE'LESS. [A.S. _hiw_, _heow_; Sw. _hy_, complexion.]
HUE, h[=u], _n._ a shouting.--HUE AND CRY, a loud clamour about something:
name of a police gazette, established in 1710. [Fr. _huer_, imit.]
HUFF, huf, _n._ sudden anger or arrogance: a fit of disappointment or
anger: a boaster.--_v.t._ to swell: to bully: to remove a 'man' from the
board for not capturing pieces open to him, as in draughts.--_v.i._ to
swell: to bluster.--_adjs._ HUFF'ISH, HUFF'Y, given to huff: insolent:
arrogant.--_adv._ HUFF'ISHLY.--_ns._ HUFF'ISHNESS, HUFF'INESS. [Imit., like
_puff_; cf. Ger. _hauchen_, to breathe.]
HUG, hug, _v.t._ to embrace closely and fondly: to cherish: to congratulate
(one's self): (_naut._) to keep close to.--_v.i._ to crowd
together:--_pr.p._ hug'ging; _pa.p._ hugged.--_n._ a close and fond
embrace: a particular grip in wrestling.--HUG ONE'S SELF, to congratulate
one's self. [Scand., Ice. _húka_, to sit on one's hams. See HUCKSTER.]
HUGE, h[=u]j, _adj._ having great dimensions, especially height: enormous:
monstrous: (_B._) large in number.--_adv._ HUGE'LY.--_n._ HUGE'NESS. [M. E.
_huge_; formed by dropping _a_ from O. Fr. _ahuge_, of Teut. origin, cog.
with Ger. _hoch_.]
HUGGER-MUGGER, hug'[.e]r-mug'[.e]r, _n._ secrecy: confusion. [Perh. a
rhyming extension of _hug_.]
HUGUENOT, h[=u]'ge-not, or -n[=o], _n._ the name formerly given in France
to an adherent of the Reformation. [Prob. a dim. of the personal name
_Hugo_, _Hugon_, _Hugues_, Hugh, name of some French Calvinist, later a
general nickname. Not the Swiss _eidguenot_, Ger. _eidgenossen_,
confederates.]
HUIA-BIRD, hw[=e]'ä-b[.e]rd, _n._ a New Zealand starling.
HULK, hulk, _n._ the body of a ship: an old ship unfit for service: a big
lubberly fellow: anything unwieldy--often confounded in meaning with
_hull_, the body of a ship:--_pl._ THE HULKS, old ships formerly used as
prisons.--_adjs._ HULK'ING, HULK'Y, clumsy. [Low L. _hulka_--Gr.
_holkas_--_helkein_, to draw.]
HULL, hul, _n._ the husk or outer covering of anything.--_v.t._ to strip
off the hull: to husk. [A.S. _hulu_, a husk, as of corn--_helan_, to cover;
Ger. _hülle_, a covering, _hehlen_, to cover.]
HULL, hul, _n._ the frame or body of a ship.--_v.t._ to pierce the hull (as
with a cannon-ball).--_v.i._ to float or drive on the water, as a mere
hull. [Same word as above, perh. modified in meaning by confusion with Dut.
_hol_, a ship's hold, or with _hulk_.]
HULLABALOO, hul'la-ba-loo', _n._ an uproar.
HULLO, hul-l[=o]', _v._, _n._, and _interj._ Same as HALLOO.
HULLY, hul'i, _adj._ having husks or pods.
HULSEAN, hul's[=e]-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to John _Hulse_ (1708-89),
founder of the Hulsean divinity lectures at Cambridge.
HUM, hum, _v.i._ to make a buzzing sound like bees: to utter a low, droning
sound: to supply an interval in speaking by an audible sound.--_v.t._ to
sing in a low tone: to applaud anything by humming:--_pr.p._ hum'ming;
_pa.p._ hummed.--_n._ the noise of bees and some other insects: any low,
dull noise.--_interj._ a sound with a pause implying doubt.--_n._ HUM'MER,
something that hums.--HUM AND HAW, to hesitate in giving a direct answer;
HUMMING ALE, ale that froths up well, or that makes the head hum; MAKE
THINGS HUM, to set things agoing briskly. [Imit.; cf. Ger. _hummen_,
_humsen_.]