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One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.

A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.

A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.

Having a humped back.

consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C. With many hundreds treading on his heels. Shak.

An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.

A hundred times as much or as many. He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.

Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.

A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short…

of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.

Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary. -- n.

A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.

Any strong eager desire. O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser. For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden.

Pinched or weakened by hunger. [Obs.] Milton.

To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.] Shak.

Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.

One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.

Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak.

Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]

In a hungry manner; voraciously. Dryden.