Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HUD'DLE
HUD'DLE, v.i. [In Ger. hudeln signifies to bungle. It may be allied to hut, hide, or cuddle.]
- To crowd; to press together promiscuously, without order or regularity. We say of a throng of people, they huddle together.
- To move in a promiscuous throng without order; to press or hurry in disorder. The people huddle along, or huddle into the house.
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