Chapter Howdah to Hull of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

his clothes are said to be preserved in Sir Hans Sloane's museum. (1619-1678.)
    The person slain in a duel by this dwarf was the Hon. Mr. Crofts.

"We fought on horseback - breaking ground and advancing by signal; and, as I never miss aim, I had the misfortune to kill [my adversary] at the first shot." - Sir W. Scott: Peveril of the Peak, chap. xxxiv.

Hue and Cry A phrase used in English law to describe a body of persons joining in pursuit of a felon or suspected thief. (French, huée, verb huer, to hoot or shout after; Anglo-Saxon, hui, ho!)

Hug the Shore (To). In the case of a ship, to keep as close to the shore as is compatible with the vessel's safety, when at sea. "Serrer la terre."

Hug the Wind (To). To keep a ship close hauled. "Serrer le vent."

Hugger-mugger The primary meaning is clandestinely. The secondary meaning is disorderly, in a slovenly manner. To hugger is to lie in ambush, from the Danish hug, huger, huggring, to squat on the ground; mugger is the Danish smug, clandestinely, whence our word smuggle.
   The king in Hamlet says of Polonius: "We have done but greenly in hugger-mugger to inter him" - i.e. to smuggle him into the grave clandestinely and without ceremony.
   Sir T. North, in his Plutarch, says: "Antonius thought that his body should be honourably buried, and not in hugger-mugger" (clandestinely).
   Ralph says: -

"While I, in hugger-mugger hid,
Have noted all they said and did."
Butler: Hudibras, iii. 3.

   Under the secondary idea we have the following expressions: - He lives in a hugger-mugger sort of way; the rooms were all hugger-mugger (disorderly).

Huggins and Muggins Mr. and Mrs. Vulgarity, of Pretension Hall.

Hugh Lloyd's Pulpit (Merionethshire). A natural production of stone. One pile resembles the Kilmarth Rocks. There is a platform stone with a back in stone. (Hugh pron. You.)

Hugh Perry An English perversion of "Euperion," a predecessor of lucifer matches invented by Heurtner, who opened a shop in the Strand, and advertised his invention thus -

"To save your knuckles time and trouble,
Use Heurter's Euperion."

(See Prometheans.)

Hugh of Lincoln It is said that the Jews in 1255 stole a boy named Hugh, whom they tortured for ten days and then crucified. Eighteen of the richest Jews of Lincoln were hanged for taking part in this affair, and the boy was buried in state. This is the subject of The Prioress's Tale of Chaucer, which Wordsworth has modernised. In Rymer's Foedera are several documents relating to this event.

Hugin and Munin [mind and memory]. The two ravens that sit on the shoulders of Odin or Alfader.

"Perhaps the nursery saying, `A little bird told me that,' is a corruption of Hugo and Munin, and so we have the old Northern superstition lingering among us without our being aware of it." - Julia Goddard: Joyce Dormer's Story, ii. 11. (See Bird.)

Hugo in Jerusalem Delivered, Count of Vermandois, brother of Philippe I. of France, leader of the Franks. He died before Godfrey was appointed leader of the united armies (book i.), but his spirit was seen by Godfrey amongst the angels who came to aid in taking Jerusalem (book xviii.).
   Hugo, natural son of Azo, Marquis of Estë, who fell in love with Parisina, his father's young wife. Azo discovered the intrigue, and condemned Hugo to be beheaded. (Byron: Parisina.)

Hugon (King). The great hobgoblin of France.

Huguenot (U-gue-no). First applied to the Reformed Church party in the Amboise Plot (1560). From the German eidgenossen (confederates).
   Huguenot Pope (La pape des Huguenots). Philippe de Mornay, the great supporter of the French Protestants. (1549-1623.)