n. [ Cf. Hood a covering. ] A huck or hull, as of a nut. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let him forescat his work with timely care,
Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now, in all haste, they huddle on
Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. “A huddle of ideas.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who huddles things together. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mining) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Similar to, or in the style of, the poem “Hudibras, ” by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of small evergreen subshrubs of North America.
a. Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River;