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- English Word Hush Definition To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
- English Word Hush Definition Stillness; silence; quiet.
- English Word Hush Definition Silent; quiet.
- English Word Hushed Definition of Hush
- English Word Husher Definition An usher.
- English Word Hushing Definition of Hush
- English Word Hushing Definition The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.
- English Word Husk Definition The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
- English Word Husk Definition The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
- English Word Husk Definition To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
- English Word Husked Definition of Husk
- English Word Husked Definition Covered with a husk.
- English Word Husked Definition Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
- English Word Huskily Definition In a husky manner; dryly.
- English Word Huskiness Definition The state of being husky.
- English Word Huskiness Definition Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.
- English Word Husking Definition of Husk
- English Word Husking Definition The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
- English Word Husking Definition A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also
- English Word Husky Definition Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
- English Word Husky Definition Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
- English Word Huso Definition A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen.
- English Word Huso Definition The huchen, a large salmon.
- English Word Hussar Definition Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
- English Word Hussite Definition A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.
- English Word Hussy Definition A housewife or housekeeper.
- English Word Hussy Definition A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach.
- English Word Hussy Definition A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely.
- English Word Hussy Definition A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.
- English Word Hustings Definition A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant.