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huddle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Huddle \Hud"dle\, 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] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Huddle \Hud"dle\, v. t.
1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to
assemble without order or system.
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Our adversary, huddling several suppositions
together, . . . makes a medley and confusion.
--Locke.
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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.
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Let him forescat his work with timely care,
Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.
--Dryden.
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Now, in all haste, they huddle on
Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
--Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Huddle \Hud"dle\, n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
