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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


Hud. _s._ A hull, or husk.
Huf. _s_ A hoof.
Huf-cap _s._ A plant, or rather weed, found in fields, and
with difficulty eradicated.
I regret that I cannot identify this plant with any known
botanical name.
Graced with _huff-cap_ terms and thundering threats,
That his poor hearers' hair quite upright sets.
_Bp. Hall, Book_ I, _Sat._ iii.
Some editor of Hall has endeavoured to explain the term huff-cap
by _blustering, swaggering._ I think it simply means
_difficult_.

Hug. _s._ The itch. _See_ SHAB (applied to brutes. )
Hug-water. _s._ Water to cure the hug. _See_ SHAB.
To Hul'der. _v. a._ To hide; conceal.
Hul'ly. _s._ A peculiarly shaped long wicker trap used for
catching eels.
To Hulve. _v. a._ To turn over; to turn upside down.
Hum'drum. _s._ A small low three-wheeled cart, drawn usually
by one horse: used occasionally in agriculture.
From the peculiarity of its construction, it makes a kind of
humming noise when it is drawn along; hence, the origin of the
adjective _humdrum_.


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