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Huntsmanship (?), n. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
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Hunt's-up (?), n. A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. [Obs.] Shak.
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Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayton.
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Hurden (?), n. [From .] A coarse kind of linen; -- called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]
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Hurdle (?), n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. hürde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur� door, Goth. haúrds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. �, Skr. k�t to spin, c�t to bind, connect. √16. Cf. , , n.] 1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. Bacon.
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3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
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Coloq. Hurdle race , a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.
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Hurdle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurdleed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurdleing (?).] To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
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Hurdlework (?), n. Work after manner of a hurdle.
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Hurds (?), n. [See .] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
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Hurdy-gurdy (?), n. [Prob. of imitative origin.] 1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
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2. In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
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Hurkaru (?), n. [Hind. harkāra] In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]
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Hurl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. √16. See .] 1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.
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And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
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2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.
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3. [Cf. .] To twist or turn. “Hurled or crooked feet.” [Obs.] Fuller.
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Hurl, v. i. 1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
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2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
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God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
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3. To play the game of hurling. See .
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Hurl, n. 1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.
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2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
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3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
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Hurlbat (?), n. See . [Obs.] Holland.
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Hurlbone (?), n. 1. See .
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2. (Far.) A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.
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Hurler (?), n. One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
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Hurling, n. 1. The act of throwing with force.
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2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
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Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew.
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Hurlwind (?), n. A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.
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Hurly (?), n. [Cf. F. hurler to howl.] Noise; confusion; uproar.
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That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak.
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Hurly-burly (?), n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry.] Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak.
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All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.
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Huronian (?), a. [Named from Lake Huron.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Archæan age.
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Huron-Iroquous (?), n. (Ethnol.) A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.
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Hurons (?), n. pl.; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.
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Hurr (?), v. i. [See .] To make a rolling or burring sound. [Obs.]
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R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound. B. Jonson.

{ Hurrah Hurra } (?), interj. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. hurra. Cf. .] A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome.
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Hurrah! hurrah! for Ivry and Henry of Navarre. Macaulay.
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Hurrah, n. A cheer; a shout of joy, etc.
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Coloq. Hurrah's nest , state of utmost confusion. [Colloq. U.S.]
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A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. Mrs. Stowe.
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Hurrah (?), v. i. To utter hurrahs; to huzza.
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Hurrah, v. t. To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.
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Hurricane (?), n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.
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Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd. Tennyson.
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Each guilty thought to me is
A dreadful hurricane. Massinger.
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Coloq. Hurricane bird (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Coloq. Hurricane deck . (Naut.) See under .
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Hurricano (?), n.; pl. Hurricanoes (#). A waterspout; a hurricane. [Obs.] Drayton. “You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout.” Shak.
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Hurried (?), a. 1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.
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2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. “A hurried meeting.” Milton.

-- Hurriedly, adv. -- Hurriedness, n.
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Hurrier (?), n. One who hurries or urges.
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Hurries (?), n. A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.
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Hurry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurrying.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
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Impetuous lust hurries him on. South.
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They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak.
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2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
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And wild amazement hurries up and down
The little number of your doubtful friends. Shak.
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3. To cause to be done quickly.

Syn. -- To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge.
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Hurry, v. i. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
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Coloq. To hurry up , to make haste. [Colloq.]
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Hurry, n. The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
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Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.

Syn. -- Haste; speed; dispatch. See .
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Hurryingly, adv. In a hurrying manner.
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Hurry-skurry (?), adv. [An imitative word; cf. Sw. skorra to rattle, snarl, E. scurry.] Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.
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Hurst (?), n. [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.] A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.
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Hurt, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See , 2.
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Hurt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.] 1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
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The hurt lion groans within his den. Dryden.
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2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
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Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. Milton.
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3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. “I am angry and hurt.” Thackeray.
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Hurter, n. 1. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
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The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke.
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2. An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.
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But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels. Tennyson.
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3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
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Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.

Syn. -- Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage.
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Hurter (?), n. One who hurts or does harm.
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I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
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Hurter, n. [F. heurtoir, lit., a striker. See , v. t.] A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
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Hurtful (?), a. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.

Syn. -- Pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental; disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious; unwholesome; destructive.

-- Hurtfully, adv. -- Hurtfulness, n.
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hurting n. a feeling of pain.
Syn. -- pain.
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hurting adj. 1. aching when touched.
Syn. -- sensitive, sore, tender.
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2. In distress; experiencing difficulty; as, with the dollar exchange rate so high, companies dependent on exports are really hurting. [Colloq.]
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Hurtle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hurtled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling (?).] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See , v. t., and cf. .] 1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
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Together hurtled both their steeds. Fairfax.
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2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
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Now hurtling round, advantage for to take. Spenser.
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Down the hurtling cataract of the ages. R. L. Stevenson.
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3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
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The noise of battle hurtled in the air. Shak.
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The earthquake sound
Hurtling 'death the solid ground. Mrs. Browning.
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Hurtle (?), v. t. 1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.]
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His harmful club he gan to hurtle high. Spenser.
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2. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
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And he hurtleth with his horse adown. Chaucer.
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Hurtleberry (?), n. [Cf. , .] See .
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Hurtless (?), a. Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm.
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Gentle dame so hurtless and so true. Spenser.

-- Hurtlessly, adv. -- Hurtlessness, n.
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Husband (?), n. [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. h�sbonda master of the house; h�s house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h�sbōndi house master, husband; h�s house + b�andi dwelling, inhabiting, p. pr. of b�a to dwell; akin to AS. b�an, Goth. bauan. See , and cf. a slave, .] 1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.]
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2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak.
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The painful husband, plowing up his ground. Hakewill.
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He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. Evelyn.
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3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.]
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God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. Fuller.
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4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
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The husband and wife are one person in law. Blackstone.
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5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden.
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Coloq. A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.
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Husband, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Husbanding.] 1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
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For my means, I'll husband them so well,
They shall go far. Shak.
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2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
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Land so trim and rarely husbanded. Evelyn.
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3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.
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Husbandable (?), a. Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
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Husbandage (?), n. (Naut.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
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Husbandless, a. Destitute of a husband. Shak.
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Husbandly, a. Frugal; thrifty. [R.] Tusser.
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Husbandman (?), n.; pl. Husbandmen (�). 1. The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
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Husbandry (?), n. 1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
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There's husbandry in heaven;
Their candles are all out. Shak.
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2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.
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Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.
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Hush (hŭsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (hŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.] 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
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My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.
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2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
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With thou, then,
Hush my cares? Otway.
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And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson.
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Coloq. To hush up , to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. “This matter is hushed up.” Pope.
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Hush, v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
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Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble.
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But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser.
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Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] “It is the hush of night.” Byron.
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Coloq. Hush money , money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.
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Hush, a. Silent; quiet. “Hush as death.” Shak.
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hushed (hŭsht), adj. 1. having the sound level reduced; -- especially used of the noise of conversation; as, speaking in hushed tones.
Syn. -- muted.
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2. having relatively little noise; as, a hushed church.
Syn. -- quiet.
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hushed-up adj. kept secret; -- used of reports; as, hushed-up stories sometimes leak out.
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Husher (?), n. An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Hushing, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining.
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Husk (hŭsk), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See a husk.] 1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
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2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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Coloq. Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See .
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Husk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
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Husked (?), a. 1. Covered with a husk.
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2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
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Huskily (?), adv. [From .] In a husky manner; dryly.
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Huskiness, n. 1. The state of being husky.
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2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.
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