Hussy

[Corrupted from housewife, taken in an ill sense. A sorry or bad woman; a worthle wench. It is often used ludicrously on slight disapprobation. "Get you in, hu y , gol Now will I personate this hopeful young jade." - Southern. -A case containing a set of sewing materials, thread, needles, buttons, .; also called housewife or huswife. Hust'ings, n . pl. [A. S. hustinge -hus, a house, and thing, a cause, a council.] The principal and supreme court of the city of London, held before the lord-mayor and aldermen, in the Guildhall. This court is of great antiquity, as honorable mention is made of it in the laws of King Edward the Confe or. In the H. court, at the present day, the aldermen and four members of parliament are elected. Other cities and towns have also had a court of the same name; as Winchester, York, Lincoln, . In common language, the term H. is ap plied, in England, to the booth or elevated platform on which candidates at a parliamentary election are nominated, and from which they addre their constituents before the show of hands is taken. Hus'tisford, in Wisconsin, a post-village and township of Dodge county, about 50 miles N.E. of Madi. son. Hustle, ( hus'l,) v.a. [Du, hutselen , to jumble or shuffle among one another; Sw, hutla , to shuffle.] To shake or shuffle together in confusion; to push or crowd. Hus'ton, in Pennsylvania , a thriving township of Blair co. -A township of Centre co. Hus'tontown, in Penna ., a post-village of Fulton co. Hus'tonville, in Kentucky , a post-village of Lincoln, co., about 53 m. S. of Frankfort. Pop . (1897) 492. Husum (hoosum), a seaport town of Pru ia, in Schleswig, on the Aue, 22 m. W. of Schleswig. Pop . 5,755. Huswife, ( hüz / zif . ) n. [Corrupted from housewife .] A bad manager; a sorry woman; a hu y. An economist; a thrifty woman. "The bounteous huswife, nature, on each bush Lays her fulne before you." - Shaks. husks; resembling husks; dry; rough. - Rough, as -v. a. To manage with economy and frugality. sound; harsh; whizzing. Hu'so, n . (Zool.) See STURGEON. Hu , JOHN, one of the reformers before the Reform a- tion, B. at Hu inatz, a village of Bohemia, about 1375. He was of a poor family, but through the kindne of a wealthy seigneur, was sent to study at the University of Prague, where he graduated M. A. He entered the Church, was ordained priest in 1400, and under the protection of King Wenceslaus and his queen, Sophia, began propagating the doctrines of Wycliffe. In 1409 he was named rector of the university; was soon after suspended from his office of priest, and continuing to preach, in the field and in houses, against the pope, the authority of tradition, indulgences, ., was de- Hus'wifely, a. Thrifty; frugal. -adv. Thriftily; like a huswife.