Defn: Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.
— adv.
Defn: In a huswifely manner.
HUSWIFERY
Hus"wife*ry, n.
Defn: The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill.
Tusser.
HUT Hut, n. Etym: [OE. hotte; akin to D. hut, G. hütte, OHG. hutta, Dan. hytte, Sw. hydda; and F. hutte, of G. origin; all akin to E. hide to conceal. See Hude to conceal.]
Defn: A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure. Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut. Bp. Coxe.
HUTCH
Hutch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting.]
Defn: To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter
quarters.
The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving.
HUTCH
Hutch, n. Etym: [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.]
1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.