Part 5423

<hw>Huck"a*back</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. orig., peddler's wares; cf. LG. <ets>hukkebak</ets> pickback. Cf. <er>Huckster</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.</def>

<h1>Huckle</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huc"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. dim. of Prov. E. <ets>huck</ets>a hook, and so named from its round shape. See <er>Hook</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hip; the haunch.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bunch or part projecting like the hip.</def>

<cs><col>Huckle bone</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The hip bone; the innominate bone.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. <mark>[R.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Udall.</i>

<h1>Huckle-backed</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huc"kle-backed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Round-shoulded.</def>

<h1>Huckleberry</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huc"kle*ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Whortleberry</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus <spn>Gaylussacia</spn>, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (<spn>Vaccinium</spn>), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from <spn>G. resinosa</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.</def>

<cs><col>Squaw huckleberry</col>. <cd>See <er>Deeberry</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Huckster</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huck"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hukstere</ets>, <ets>hukster</ets>, OD. <ets>heukster</ets>, D. <ets>heuker</ets>; akin to D. <ets>huiken</ets> to stoop, bend, OD. <ets>huycken</ets>, <ets>huken</ets>, G. <ets>hocken</ets>, to squat, Icel. <ets>h<?/ka</ets>; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. <er>Hawk</er> to offer for sale.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mean, trickish fellow.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Huckster</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huck"ster</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Huckstered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Huckstering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hucksterage</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huck"ster*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.</def>

<blockquote>Ignoble <b>huckster</b> age of piddling tithes. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hucksterer</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huck"ster*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A huckster.</def>

<i>Gladstone.</i>

<blockquote>Those <b>huckster</b>ers or money-jobbers. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Huckstress</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huck"stress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female huckster.</def>