Huck

A species of German river-trout. Huck'aback, n. A kind of linen ornamented with raised figures, used for table-cloths, towels, pinafores, . Huckle, ( hükl.) n. [Dim. of L. Ger. hucke, the back.] The hip; anything projecting in the form of a hip. Huckle-backed, ( -bakt , ) a . Round-shouldered. Huckleberry, n. [Ger. prickelbeere .] ( Bot .) See VACCINIUM. Hucklebone, ( hük'l - bon,) n. [Ger. höcker, and bein, bone.] The hip-bone. Huck's ter, (sometimes, and improperly, written HuxTER,) n. [L. Ger. hocke , the back, höcker , a retailer; allied to hocken , to take on the back.] A peddler who carries wares on his back; a retailer, or itinerant vender of small articles, as fruit, .; a hawker; a mean, low, trickish person. -". n. To deal in small articles, as a huckster. Huck's terage, n . Peddling; small dealings; busine or vocation of a huckster. "Ignoble hucksterage of peddling tithes." -Milton.