Chapter Hurly-burly to Hyksos of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Hungary (1458), Mohammed III. and Frederick III. conspired to dethrone "the boy king"; but Matthias enrolled an army of Hussars, and was able to defy his enemies.

"Item si contigerit ut aliqui predones aut huzarii Hungari aliquam rapinam ... intulerint..." - A clause in a truce between the Turks and George Brankovich, May 21st, 1449.

Hussites (2 syl.). Followers of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, in the fourteenth century. (See Bethlemenites.)

Hussy A little hussy. A word of slight contempt, though in some counties it seems to mean simply girl, as "Come hither, hussy." Of course, the word is a corruption of housewife or hussif. In Swedish hustru means woman in general. It is rather remarkable that mother in Norfolk has given rise to a similar sort of word, morther, as "Come hither, morther" - i.e. girl. Neither hussy nor morther is applied to married women. In Norfolk they also say mor for a female, and bor for the other sex. Moer is Dutch for woman in general, and boer for peasant, whence our boor.

Husterloe A wood in Flanders, where Reynard declared his vast treasures were concealed. (Reynard the Fox.)

Hustings House - things or city courts. London has still its court of Hustings in Guildhall, in which are elected the lord mayor, the aldermen, and city members. The hustings of elections are so called because, like the court of Hustings, they are the places of elective assemblies. (Anglo-Saxon, husting, a place of council.)

Hutchinsonians Followers of Anne Hutchinson, who retired to Rhode Island. Anne and fifteen of her children were subsequently murdered by the Indians (died 1643).

Hutin Louis le Hutin. Louis X. Mazerai says he received the name because he was tongue-doughty. The hutinet was a mallet used by coopers which made great noise, but did not give severe blows; as we should say, the barker or barking dog. It is my belief that he was so named because he was sent by his father against the "Hutins," a seditious people of Navarre and Lyons. (1289, 1314-1316.)

Hutkin A cover for a sore finger, made by cutting off the finger of an old glove. The word hut in this instance is from the German huten (to guard or protect). It is employed in the German noun finger-hut (a thimble to protect the finger), and in the word huth or hut. (See Hodeken.)

Huzza! (Old French, huzzer, "to shout aloud;" German, hussah! (See Hurrah.)

Huzzy (See Hussy .)

Hvergelmer A boiling cauldron in Niflheim, whence issues twelve poisonous springs, which generate ice, snow, wind, and rain. (Scandinavian mythology.)

Hyacinth according to Grecian fable, was the son of Amyclas, a Spartan king. The lad was beloved by Apollo and Zephyr, and as he preferred the sun-god, Zephyr drove Apollo's quoit at his head, and killed him. The blood became a flower, and the petals are inscribed with the boy's name. (Virgil: Eclogues, iii. 106.)

"The hyacinth bewrays the doleful `A I,
And culls the tribute of Apollo's sigh.
Still on its bloom the mournful flower retains
The lovely blue that dyed the stripling's veins.'
Camoens: Lusiad, ix.

Hyades (3 syl.). Seven nymphs placed among the stars, in the constellation Taurus, which threaten rain when they rise with the sun. The fable is that they wept the death of their brother Hyas so bitterly, that Zeus (1 syl.), out of compassion, took them to heaven, and placed them in the constellation Taurus. (Greek, huein, to rain.)

Hybla A mountain in Sicily, famous for its honey. (See Hymettus.)

Hydra A monster of the Lernean marshes, in Argolis. It had nine heads, and Hercules was sent to kill it. As soon as he struck off one of its heads, two shot up in its place.
   Hydra-headed. Having as many