Part 5428

<h1>Huguenotism</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu"gue*not*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>huguenotisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The religion of the Huguenots in France.</def>

<h1>Hugy</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Vast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Huia bird</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu"ia bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Native name; -- so called from its cry.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A New Zealand starling (<spn>Heteralocha acutirostris</spn>), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.</def>

<h1>Huisher</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hui"sher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Usher</er>.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Huisher</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hui"sher</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To usher.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Huke</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Huke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>huque</ets>, LL. <ets>huca</ets>; cf. D. <ets>huik</ets>.]</ety> <def>An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>heuk</asp> and <asp>hyke</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Hulan</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu"lan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Uhlan</er>.</def>

<h1>Hulch</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hulch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hunch</er>.]</ety> <def>A hunch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hulchy</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hulch"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Swollen; gibbous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hulk</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hulk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hulke</ets> a heavy ship, AS. <ets>hulc</ets> a light, swift ship; akin to D. <ets>hulk</ets> a ship of burden, G. <ets>holk</ets>, OHG. <ets>holcho</ets>; perh. fr. LL. <ets>holcas</ets>, Gr. <?/, prop., a ship which is towed, fr. <?/ to draw, drag, tow. Cf. <er>Wolf</er>, <er>Holcad</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.</def> "Some well-timbered <i>hulk</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A heavy ship of clumsy build.</def>

<i>Skeat.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything bulky or unwieldly.</def>