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5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden.

A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.

Hus"band, 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.

For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far.

Shak.

2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]

Land so trim and rarely husbanded.

Evelyn.

3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.

Hus"band*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.

Hus"band*age (?), n. (Naut.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.

Hus"band*less, a. Destitute of a husband. Shak.

Hus"band*ly, a. Frugal; thrifty. [R.] Tusser.

Hus"band*man (?), n.; pl. Husbandmen (&?;). 1. The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Hus"band*ry (?), n. 1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.

There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.

Shak.

2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.

Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food.

Spenser.

Hush (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (?); 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.

My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.

Shak.

2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.

With thou, then, Hush my cares?

Otway.

And hush'd my deepest grief of all.