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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



215 words match “HUNG”

HUNG p.
of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.
HUNGARIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary. -- n.
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.
HUNGER n. 5 definitions
Any strong eager desire. O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser. For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden.
HUNGER-BIT; HUNGER-BITTEN a.
Pinched or weakened by hunger. [Obs.] Milton.
HUNGER-STARVE v.
To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNGERED a.
Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.
HUNGERER n.
One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.
HUNGERLY a. 2 definitions
Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNGRED a.
Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]
HUNGRILY adv.
In a hungry manner; voraciously. Dryden.
HUNGRY a. 3 definitions
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
AHUNGERED a.
Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté.
ANHUNGERED a.
Ahungered; longing. [Archaic]
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.
DOUBLE-HUNG a.
Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
ENHUNGER v.
To make hungry. Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life. J. Martineau.
OVERHUNG a. 2 definitions
Suspended from above or from the top. Overhung door, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.
QUARTERHUNG a.
Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
SPAR-HUNG a.
Hung with spar, as a cave.
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