v. i.
v. t.
We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
To hug one's self,
n. A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea. Shak.
n. One who hugs or embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To conceal; to lurk ambush. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen. ]
Many things have been done in hugger-mugger. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. Affectionate embracing; caressing.
v. t. [ Freq. of hug. ] To hug. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman's fitted jacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. of, pertaining to, or in the style of
n.
n. [ F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is probably derived from the Christian name (Huguenot) of some person conspicuous as a reformer. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. huguenotisme. ] The religion of the Huguenots in France. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Vast. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Cf. Shrug. ]
There I 'll shug in and get a noble countenance. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hind. thag a deceiver, robber. ]
n. [ Hind. &tsdot_;hagī. ] The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. “One of the suppressors of Thuggee.” J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
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