Defn: Round-shoulded.
HUCKLEBERRY Huc"kle*ber`ry, n. Etym: [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 G. resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.
HUCKSTER Huck"ster, n. Etym: [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h; — 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.
2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall.
HUCKSTER
Huck"ster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huckstering.]
Defn: To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift.
HUCKSTERAGE
Huck"ster*age, n.
Defn: The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton.
HUCKSTERER
Huck"ster*er, n.