Hunt's-up
(Hunt's"-up`) n. A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence,
any arousing sound or call. [Obs.] Shak.
Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head.
Drayton. Hurden
(Hur"den) n. [From Hurds.] A coarse kind of linen; — called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]
Hurdle
(Hur"dle) n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. hürde a hurdle,
fold, pen, Icel. hur door, Goth. haúrds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. Skr. kt to spin, ct to bind,
connect. &radic16. Cf. Crate, Grate, n.]
1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing
land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other
purposes.
2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. Bacon.
3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
Hurdle race, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.
Hurdle
(Hur"dle), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurdleed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurdleing ] To hedge, cover, make,
or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
Hurdlework
(Hur"dle*work`) n. Work after manner of a hurdle.
Hurds
(Hurds) n. [See Hards.] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
Hurdy-gurdy
(Hur"dy-gur`dy) n. [Prob. of imitative origin.]
1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel
turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or
more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
2. In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
Hurkaru
(Hur*ka"ru) n. [Hind. harkara] In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]
Hurl
(Hurl) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted
fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. &radic16. See Hurtle.]
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to
hurl a stone or lance.
And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main.
Pope. 2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.
3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.
Hurl
(Hurl), v. i.
1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something
God shall hurl at him and not spare.
Job xxvii. 22
