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See Galligaskins.

Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak.

A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent. Cowell.

A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.

See Gherkin.

The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a.

Handsome.

An old cat, esp. a she-cat. J. Philips.

The spine of a hog. [Obs.]

The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.

Causing overpowering sorrow.

progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.

Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.

The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.

Bulky; unwiedly. [R.] "A huge hulking fellow." H. Brooke.

Mankind. Pope.

The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.

Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.

A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.