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_G.o.dly Ball._
Belg. _hurk-en_, to squat, to sit stooping.
HURL, _s._ The act of scolding, S.
HURLE BEHIND, the diarrhoea.
_Dunbar._
HURLEBARROW, _s._ A wheel-barrow, S.
_Watson._
HURLY, _s._ Expl. the "last."
_Poems Buch. Dial._
HURLIE-HACKET, _s._ Sliding down a precipice, S. A.
_Lyndsay._
Su. G. _hurr-a_, whence E. _hurl_, and _halk-a_, to slide.
HURLOCH, URLOCH, _adj._ Cloudy, Gael. _obherlach_.
_Popular Ball._
HURRY-SCURRY, _s._ An uproar, Ang.
Su. G. _hurra_, c.u.m impetu circ.u.magi; _skorra_, sonum stridulum edere.
HURSTIS.
V. ~Hirst~.
HURTHY, L. _hurtly_, promptly.
_Houlate._
Germ. _hurtig_, expeditus; _hurt_, impetus.
HUSBAND, _s._ A farmer.
_Barbour._
A. S. _husbonda_, L. B. _husbanda_, paterfamilias agriculturam exercens.
~Husband-land~, s. A division of land.
_Skene._
HUSCHER, _s._ An usher.
_Sir Tristrem._
Fr. _huissier_, id. from _huis_, a door.
HUSE, L. _hufe_, tarry.
_Houlate._
HUSH, _s._ The Lump, a fish, S.
_To_ HUSH, _v. n._ To rush, Loth.
HUSHEL, _s._ Any implement that is worn out, Ang.
HUs.h.i.+ON, _s._ Apparently the same with _Hoes.h.i.+n_.
_Burns._
HUSSYFSKAP, _s._ Housewifery.
V. ~Hissieskip~.
HUSSILLING, _s._ A rattling or clas.h.i.+ng noise.
_Douglas._
_To_ HUSTLE, _v. n._ To emit such a sound as an infant does when highly pleased, Ang.
