hunting seat

A hunting-box (q. v.). "Built by one of the Grand Dukes for a hunting -seat." -Gray: Letter to his Mother. IMG:content-1355.png:[blocks in formation] hunts-mạn, s. [Eng. hunt's , and man .] 1. One who hunts; one who follows the chase. "What ghastly huntsman next arose, Well may I gue ." So sweet to huntsman , gentleman, and hound." Cowper: Needle Alarm. hür-dỹ-gür-dỹ, s. [The first element is prob- ably an onomatopoetic name given from the dis- agreeable sound; cf. hur to snarl; the latter is wheelbarrow car scotch on a. Sounding-board. b , b . Four ba strings. c. Two strings which are vibrated by wooden wheel d. e. Wheel cover taken off. f. Lid of box containing hammers, . are stopped by a simple apparatus of keys, which shortens the vibratory length to make the melody. The strings are set in vibration by the friction of a wooden wheel charged with resin and turned by means of a handle at one end. The hurdygurdy is only adapted to the production of melodies of the simplest kind. "Hum! plays, I see, upon the hurdygurdy ." Foote: Midas. 2. Hydraulic Eng .: A water-wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. In common use in California. 1. To throw with violence; to drive with great force; to send whirling or whizzing through the air; to dash. "And thou shalt view thy sons in crowds to Hades hurl'd." Byron: Childe Harold , i. 52. 2. To utter or emit with vehemence or impetuos- ity. 3. To wheel; to roll; to carry in a wheeled con- veyance. ( Scotch .) 4. To twist, to turn, to crook. B. Intransitive: 1. To move rapidly or impetuously; to dash. "To hurl into the covert of the grove." 2. To be conveyed or carried in a wheeled convey- 3. To play at the game of hurling (q. v.). "When the hurly burly's done, When the battle's lost and won." IMG:content-1356.png:[blocks in formation] Congreve: Namur. 2. A commotion, a disturbance, a tumult, a riot. "After this hurle the king was faine to flee." II. Hat - making : The table on which the material for a hat-body or the fur for a nap is bowed. hurl-băt, s. [Eng. hurl , and bat .] A whirl-bat; a kind of weapon whirled when used. "Having strove personally himselfe IMG:content-1357.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1358.png:[blocks in formation] "Hurrah! hurrah! for Ivry and Henry of Navarre." Macaulay: Ivry. B. As subst.: A shout of acclamation, applause, welcome, or encouragement. hür-rah', hür-ra', v. i. & t. [HURRAH, interj.] A. In trans.: To utter hurrahs or shouts of acclamation, applause, or encouragement. B. Trans.: To salute, receive or welcome with hurrahs. hürr-būrr, s. [First element doubtful; English burr (q.v.).] Bot.: Arctium lappa. [BURDOCK.] hur-ri-a, a. [The native Indian name.] Zool.: A genus of serpents, family Colubride, in stituted by Daudin for the reception of some Indian species of snakes. hur-ri-cane, *hur-ri-ca-nô, s. [Sp. hurra can, from Caribbean huracan; Fr. ouragan; Ger.orkan; Dan.orkaan. ] 1. A violent storm or tempest of wind (they prevail chiefly in the East and West Indies and the Chinese seas); a typhoon, a whirlwind, a cyclone (q. v.). "I shall speak next of hurricanes. These are violent storms, raging chiefly among the Carribbee islands."Dampier: Voyages , vol. ii., pt. ii., ch. vi. 2. Anything which sweeps along violently like a hurricane. IMG:content-1359.png:[blocks in formation] speed. 2. Done in a hurry; marked by haste or hurry, hasty; as, a hurried meeting. hur-riěd-ly, adv. [English hurried; -ly.] In a hurried manner; with hurry or haste.