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Webster 1913 Edition
Huddle
Hud′dle
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Huddled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huddling
.] [Cf. OE.
hoderen
, hodren
, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to OE. huden
, hiden
, to hide, E. hide
, and orig. meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf. Hide
to conceal.] To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
The cattle
huddle
d on the lea. Tennyson.
Huddling
together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. Prescott.
Hud′dle
,Verb.
T.
1.
To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
Our adversary,
huddling
several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke.
2.
To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; – usually with a following preposition or adverb;
“Huddle up a peace.” as, to
huddle on
; to huddle up
; to huddle together
. J. H. Newman.
Let him forescat his work with timely care,
Which else is
Which else is
huddled
when the skies are fair. Dryden.
Now, in all haste, they
Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
huddle
onTheir hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
Swift.
Hud′dle
,Noun.
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
“A huddle of ideas.” Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Huddle
HUD'DLE
, v.i.1.
To crowd; to press together promiscuously, without order or regularity. We say of a throng of people, they huddle together.2.
To move in a promiscuous throng without order; to press or hurry in disorder. The people huddle along, or huddle into the house.HUD'DLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cover in haste or carelessly.2.
To perform in haste and disorder.3.
To throw together in confusion; to crowd together without regard to order; as, to huddle propositions together.HUD'DLE
,Noun.