HURT, hurt, _v.t._ to cause bodily pain to: to damage: to wound, as the
feelings.--_v.i._ to give pain, &c.:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ hurt.--_n._ a
wound: injury.--_n._ HURT'ER, that which hurts: a beam at the lower end of
a gun-platform to save the parapet: a piece of iron or wood fixed to the
top-rails of a gun-carriage to check its motion: the shoulder of an axle
against which the hub strikes.--_adj._ HURT'FUL, causing hurt or loss:
mischievous.--_adv._ HURT'FULLY.--_n._ HURT'FULNESS.--_adj._ HURT'LESS,
without hurt or injury, harmless.--_adv._ HURT'LESSLY.--_n._ HURT'LESSNESS.
[O. Fr. _hurter_ (Fr. _heurter_), to knock, to run against; prob. from the
Celtic, as in W. _hwrdd_, a thrust, the butt of a ram, Corn. _hordh_, a
ram.]
HURTLE, hurt'l, _v.t._ to dash against: to move violently: to clash: to
rattle.--_v.i._ to move rapidly with a whirring sound. [Freq. of _hurt_ in
its original sense.]
HURTLEBERRY, a form of _whortleberry_.
HUSBAND, huz'band, _n._ a married man: (_B._) a man to whom a woman is
betrothed: one who manages affairs with prudence: (_naut._) the owner of a
ship who manages its concerns in person.--_v.t._ to supply with a husband:
to manage with economy.--_n._ HUS'BANDAGE, allowance or commission of a
ship's husband.--_adjs._ HUS'BANDLESS (_Shak._), without a husband;
HUS'BANDLY, frugal, thrifty.--_ns._ HUS'BANDMAN, a working farmer: one who
labours in tillage; HUS'BANDRY, the business of a farmer: tillage:
economical management: thrift. [M. E. _husbonde_--A.S. _húsbonda_, Ice.
_húsbóndi_--_hús_, a house, _búandi_, inhabiting, pr.p. of Ice. _búa_, to
dwell. Cf. Ger. _bauen_, to till.]
HUSH, hush, _interj._ or _imper._ silence! be still!--_adj._ silent:
quiet.--_v.t._ to make quiet: (_min._) to clear off soil, &c., overlying
the bed-rock.--_ns._ HUSH'ABY, a lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep;
HUSH'-MON'EY, money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent.--HUSH
UP, to stifle, suppress: to be silent. [Imit. Cf. _hist_ and _whist_.]
HUSK, husk, _n._ the dry, thin covering of certain fruits and seeds:
(_pl._) refuse, waste.--_v.t._ to remove the husk or outer integument
from.--_adj._ HUSKED, covered with a husk: stripped of husks.--_ns._
HUSK'ER, one who husks Indian corn, esp. at a husking-bee; HUSK'ING, the
stripping of husks: a festive gathering to assist in husking Indian corn
(maize)--also HUSK'ING-BEE. [M. E. _huske_, orig. with _l_, as in cog. Ger.
_hülse_, Dut. _hulse_, &c.]
HUSKY, husk'i, _adj._ hoarse, as the voice: rough in sound.--_adv._
HUSK'ILY.--_n._ HUSK'INESS. [A corr. of _husty_, from M. E. _host_ (Scot.
_hoast_, _host_, a cough)--A.S. _hwósta_, a cough; cf. Ger. _husten_.]
HUSO, h[=u]'so, _n._ the great sturgeon.
HUSSAR, hooz-zär', _n._ a light-armed cavalry soldier: (_orig._) a soldier
of the national cavalry of Hungary. [Not Hung. _huszar_--_husz_, twenty,
because at one time in Hungary one cavalry soldier used to be levied from
every twenty families; but Slav. _hussar_, gooseherd, the sobriquet of the
raiding horse of Matthias Corvinus (1443-90).]