Hec"tor , v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.
Hec"tor , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hectoring.]
To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by
words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
Dryden.
Hec"tor (?), n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.]
A bully; a blustering, turbulent,
insolent, fellow; one who vexes or
provokes.
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