huck berry

[Provinc. Eng. huck =a hook (?), or huck a husk or pod (?), and Eng. berry.] Bot.: Celtis cra i folia. huc'-kle, s . [A dim in. from hook (q.v.).] The hip; a bunch or part projecting like the hip. "For getting up on stump and huckle, He with his foe began to buckle." Butler: Hudibras , pt. i., c. ii. huc'-kle-backed, a . [Eng. huckle , and backed .] Having crooked shoulders; crook-shouldered. huc-kle-běr-rỹ, s. [Eng. huckle , and berry .] Bot.: The fruit of Gaylu acia, a genus of Vacci nacee; also Vaccinium oval i folium.