Part 944

Tennyson.

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.

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.

Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill.

Keble.

But all these strangers' presence every one did hush.

Spenser.

Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night." Byron.

Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.

Hush, a. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.

Hush"er (?), n. An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hush"ing, 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.

Husk (?), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull 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.

2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.

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.

Husked (?), a. 1. Covered with a husk.

2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.

Hus"ki*ly (?), adv. [From Husky.] In a husky manner; dryly.

Hus"ki*ness, n. 1. The state of being husky.

2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.

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Husk"ing (?), n. 1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.

2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.

Husk"y (?), a. [From Husk, n.] Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Dryden.

Hus"ky (?), a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hwsta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. hsti. See Wheeze.] Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.

Hu"so (?), n. [NL., fr. G. hausen, and E. isin&?;glass.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen. (b) The huchen, a large salmon.

Hus*sar" (?), n. [Hung. husz·r, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source.] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.