Hud"dle , n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas."
Addison.
Hud"dle , v. t. 1. To
crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
Our adversary, huddling
several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion.
Locke.
2. To do,
make, or put, in haste
or roughly; hence, to do
imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition
or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together.
"Huddle up a peace." J.
H. Newman.
Let him forescat his work with
timely care,
Which else is
huddled when the skies are fair.
Dryden. Now, in all haste,
they huddle on
Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
Swift.
Hud"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huddled (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Huddling (?).]
[Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to OE. huden,
hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig. meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place.
Cf. Hide to conceal.] To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
The cattle huddled on
the lea.
Tennyson. Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer.
Prescott.
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