v. t. [ Cf. Chew, Cud. ] To champ; to bite. [ Obs. ] A. Stafford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hood a covering. ] A huck or hull, as of a nut. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together. “Huddle up a peace.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him forescat his work with timely care,
Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now, in all haste, they huddle on
Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. “A huddle of ideas.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who huddles things together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Similar to, or in the style of, the poem “Hudibras, ” by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of small evergreen subshrubs of North America.
Syn. -- genus Hudsonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Shuddered p. pr. & vb. n. Shuddering. ] [ OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, schütteln to shake, schütten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake. ] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. “With shuddering horror pale.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of shuddering, as with fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shuddering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. þōden a whirlwind, violent wind, or E. thump. ] A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer. C. Mackay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.

Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads. A. C. Doyle.

The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet. H. F. Brown. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] [ 1913 Webster ]