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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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FRAUGHTING a.
Constituting the freight or cargo. [Obs.] "The fraughting souls within her." Shak.
FUGH interj.
An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden.
FUGHETTA n.
a short, condensed fugue. Grove.
FURLOUGH v. 2 definitions
To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
GAINSBOROUGH HAT n.
A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727- 88).
GODDAUGHTER n.
A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
GRANDDAUGHTER n.
The daughter of one's son or daughter.
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER n.
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
HARBOROUGH; HARBROUGH n.
A shelter. [Obs]. Spenser.
HARD-FOUGHT a.
contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
HAUGH n.
A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough. Sir W. Scott.
HAUGHT a.
High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [Obs.] Shak.
HAUGHTILY adv.
In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
HAUGHTINESS n.
The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
HAUGHTY a. 3 definitions
High; lofty; bold. [Obs. or Archaic] To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser
HEADBOROUGH; HEADBORROW n. 2 definitions
pledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] Blackstone.
HERBOROUGH n.
A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
HEUGH n. 2 definitions
A crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
HICCOUGH n. 2 definitions
the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]
HIGH-WROUGHT a. 2 definitions
Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] Pope.
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