huck

n. [ Perh. orig., peddler's wares; cf. LG. hukkebak pickback. Cf. Huckster. ] A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from its round shape. See Hook. ] 1. The hip; the haunch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip. [ 1913 Webster ]

Huckle bone. (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone. (b) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [ R. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Round-shoulded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Whortleberry. ] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Huckstered p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering. ] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h&unr_;ka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale. ] 1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A huckster. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]