And of no use.
Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act, i. sc. 2 (1602).
Hundwolf, steward to the old lady of Baldringham.—Sir W. Scott, The Betrothed (time, Henry II.).
Hunia´des (4 syl.), called by the Turks “The Devil.” He was surnamed “Corvīnus,” and the family crest was a crow (1400-1456).
The Turks employed the name of Huniadês to frighten their perverse children. He was corruptly called “Jancus Lain.”[Lain.”]—Gibbon, Decline and Fall, etc., xii. 166 (1776-88).
Hunsdon (Lord), cousin of Queen Elizabeth.—Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).
Hunter (Mr. and Mrs. Leo), persons who court the society of any celebrity, and consequently invite Mr. Pickwick and his three friends to an entertainment in their house. Mrs. Leo Hunter wrote an “Ode to an Expiring Frog,” considered by her friends a most masterly performance.—C. Dickens, The Pickwick Papers (1836).
Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing;
Can I unmoved see thee dying