Hussite

& s. [Named after John Hu (Def.); hu , in Bohemian=a goose.] Church and Civil History: A. As adj .: Of or belonging to John Hu [B.]. London before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Sheriffs. It had exclusive jurisdiction in actions for the recovery of land within the city. "It cometh from the hustings , the principal and highest court in London, as also in Winchester, Lincolne, York, ."-Fuller: Worthtes; London. 3. Pl .: A temporary platform from which candidates addre ed the electors during parliamentary elections. The use of hustings was abolished by the Ballot Act of 1872. "The progre of a candidate can po ibly be from the hustings to New gate, and from New gate back to the hustings." -Tooke: To the Electors of Westminster , 1796. hus-tle (tle as el), v . t . & i. [Dut. hutselen =to shake up and down: a frequent. from O. Dan. hutsen; Dan.hotsen to shake.] A. Trans.: To shake together in confusion; to jostle; to push or shove about roughly or rudely. "The Irish disarmed, stripped and hustled, clung for protection to the English officers." - Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiv. To get up and hustle: To work; to work hard; to move quickly. B. In trans.: To crowd; to pre roughly or rudely; to jostle; to move with difficulty; to shamble. hus-tler, s . [Eng. hustl (e); -er.] An energetic, enthusiastic man of busine . hus-wife, s. [HOUSEWIFE, 8.] hus-wife, v . t. [HOUSEWIFE, v .] hus-wife-ly, a. & adv . [HOUSEWIFELY.]