Part 5449

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Hunt's-up</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hunt's"-up`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Time plays the <b>hunt's-up</b> to thy sleepy head. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hurden</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hurds</er>.]</ety> <def>A coarse kind of linen; -- called also <altname>harden</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Hurdle</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hurdel</ets>, <ets>hirdel</ets>, AS. <ets>hyrdel</ets>; akin to D. <ets>horde</ets>, OHG. <ets>hurt</ets>, G. <ets>h\'81rde</ets> a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. <ets>hur<?/</ets> door, Goth. <ets>ha\'a3rds</ets>, L. <ets>cratis</ets> wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>k<?/t</ets> to spin, <ets>c<?/t</ets> to bind, connect. &root;16. Cf. <er>Crate</er>, <er>Grate</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.</def>

<cs><col>Hurdle race</col>, <cd>a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hurdle</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hurdleed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hurdleing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hurdlework</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"dle*work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Work after manner of a hurdle.</def>

<h1>Hurds</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hurds</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hards</er>.]</ety> <def>The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.</def>

<h1>Hurdy-gurdy</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur"dy-gur`dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. of imitative origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.</def>

<h1>Hurkaru</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hur*ka"ru</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>hark\'bera</ets>]</ety> <def>In India, a running footman; a messenger.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hurkaroo</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hurl</h1> <Xpage=714>

<hw>Hurl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hurled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hurling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hurlen</ets>, <ets>hourlen</ets>; prob. contracted fr. OE. <ets>hurtlen</ets> to hurtle, or probably akin to E. <ets>whirl</ets>. &root;16. See <er>Hurtle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; <as>as, to <ex>hurl</ex> a stone or lance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>hurl'd</b> them headlong to their fleet and main. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>