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<h1>Hud</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hud</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hood</er> a covering.]</ety> <def>A huck or hull, as of a nut.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Huddle</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hud"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Huddled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Huddling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>hoderen</ets>, <ets>hodren</ets>, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to OE. <ets>huden</ets>, <ets>hiden</ets>, to hide, E. <ets>hide</ets>, and orig. meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf. <er>Hide</er> to conceal.]</ety> <def>To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.</def>

<blockquote>The cattle <b>huddle</b>d on the lea. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Huddling</b> together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Huddle</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hud"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.</def>

<blockquote>Our adversary, <b>huddling</b> several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; <as>as, to <ex>huddle on</ex>; to <ex>huddle up</ex>; to <ex>huddle together</ex>.</as></def> "<i>Huddle</i> up a peace."

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<blockquote>Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which else is <b>huddled</b> when the skies are fair. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now, in all haste, they <b>huddle</b> on Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Huddle</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hud"dle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.</def> "A <i>huddle</i> of ideas."

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Huddler</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hud"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who huddles things together.</def>

<h1>Hudge</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hudge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Hudibrastic</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu`di*bras"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "<i>Hudibras</i>," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Hudsonian</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hud*so"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; <as>as, the <ex>Hudsonian</ex> curlew</as>.</def>

<h1>Hue</h1> <Xpage=711>

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