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.