Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HUNT'ING-HORSE, or HUNT'ING-NAG, n.

A horse used in hunting. Butler.

HUNT'ING-SEAT, n.

A temporary residence for the purpose of hunting. Gray.

HUNT'RESS, n.

A female that hunts, or follows the chase. Diana is called the huntress.

HUNTS'MAN, n.

1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting. Waller.
2. The servant whose office it is to manage the chase. L'Estrange.

HUNTS'MAN-SHIP, n.

The art or practice of hunting, or the qualifications of a hunter. Donne.

HUR'DEN, n. [made of hurds, hards, or coarse flax.]

A coarse kind of linen. [Local or obs.] Shenstone.

HUR'DLE, n. [Sax. hyrdel; G. hürde, a hurdle, a fold or pen; D. horde, a hurdle, a horde. The elements of this word are the same as of the L. crates, Hrd, Crd. It coincides also with herd, denoting closeness, pressure, holding.]

1. A texture of twigs, osiers or sticks; a crate of various forms, according to its destination. The English give this name to a sled or crate on which criminals are drawn to the place of execution. In this sense it is not used in America.
2. In fortification, a collection of twigs or sticks interwoven closely and sustained by long stakes. It is made in the figure of a long square, five or six feet by three and a half. Hurdles serve to render works firm, or to cover traverses and lodgments for the defense of workmen against fireworks or stones. Encyc.
3. In husbandry, a frame of split timber or sticks wattled together, serving for gates, inclosures, &c. Encyc.

HURDS, n.

The coarse part of flax or hemp. [See Hards.]

HUR'DY-GUR-DY, n.

A stringed instrument whose sounds are produced by the friction of a wheel, and regulated by the fingers. Porter.

HU'RI-NA, n.

A vegetable alkaloid obtained from Hura crepitans, or Sand-box-tree, of South America. It exists in the milky sap of this tree. It has the usual properties of the vegetable alkaloids, with peculiarities sufficient to distinguish it from all the rest.

HURL, n.

1. The act of throwing with violence.
2. Tumult; riot; commotion. Knolles.

HURL, v.t. [Arm. harlua. This may be a different spelling of whirl.]

1. To throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone. And hurl them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
2. To utter with vehemence; as, to hurl out vows. [Not in use.] Spenser.
3. To play at a kind of game. Carew.

HURL'BAT, n.

A whirl-bat; an old kind of weapon. Ainsworth.

HURL'BONE, n.

In a horse, a bone near the middle of the buttock. Encyc.

HURL'ED, pp.

Thrown with violence.

HURL'ER, n.

One who hurls, or who plays at hurling. Carew.

HURL'ING, ppr.

Throwing with force; playing at hurling.

HURL'WIND, n.

A whirlwind,– which see. Sandys.

HURL'Y, or HURL'Y-BURL-Y, n. [Russ. burlyu, to be noisy or turbulent; Dan. hurl om burl, topsy turvy; Fr. hurlu-burlu, inconsiderately.]

Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak.

HUR-RAW', or HUR-RAH', exclam.

Hoora; huzza. [See Hoora.]

HUR'RI-CANE, n. [Sp. huracan, for furacan, from the L. furio, furo, to rage; Port. furaçam; It. oragano; Fr. ouragan; D. orkaan; G. Dan. and Sw. orcan. I know not the origin nor the signification of the last syllable.]

1. A most violent storm of wind, occurring often in the West Indies, and sometimes in higher northern latitudes, and on the coast of the United States, as far north as New England. A hurricane is distinguished from every other kind of tempest by the extreme violence of the wind, and by its sudden changes; the wind often veering suddenly several points, sometimes a quarter of the circle and even more.
2. Any violent tempest. Dryden.

HUR'RI-ED, pp. [from hurry.]

Hastened; urged or impelled to rapid motion or vigorous action.

HUR'RI-ED-LY, adv.

In a hurried manner. Bowring.

HUR'RI-ED-NESS, n.

State of being hurried. Scott.

HUR'RI-ER, n.

One who hurries, urges or impels.