hundred 
there is evidence that it was of earlier origin, and was 
originally a popular tune set to words of a light, gay char- 
acter. 
II. n. [Strictly acollective noun; itisalways 
preceded by a definitive, usually an article or 
a numeral, and the following noun is, histori- 
cally, a genitive partitive a hundred o/raen, 
a hundred of dollars, etc.] One more than 
ninety-nine; ten times ten: as, a hundred men; 
two hundred dollars ; a hundred thousand times. 
The Hundred Days, the closing period of the flrst 
Emperor Napoleon's career in France in 1815, after his 
escape from Elba. The reckonings of the time are vari- 
ous, none amounting to exactly 100 days. The nearest is 
that from .Mairh 13th, when Napoleon was joined by Key 
with his army, to June 22(1, the date of his abdication after 
the battle of Waterloo, making Inclusively 102 days ; but 
the most exact reckoning is that of his actual second reign, 
dating from his reentry into Paris, and making 95 days 
(March 20th to June 22d). 
hundredal (hun'dred-al), a. [< hundred + -al.] 
Pertaining to or involving the organization of 
a hundred. See hundred, n., 2. 
The ancient towns in demesne of the crown either pos- 
sessed a huntiredal jurisdiction at the time of the Con- 
quest or obtained "sac and soo"by grant from the crown. 
'ix, Const. Hist, ( 486. 
hundred-court (hun'dred-kort), . In England, 
a court held for the inhabitants of a hundred. 
The constant recurrence of the number of twenty-four 
In this connexion may possibly imply an early connexion 
with the jury system, and the " jurati" of the early com- 
munes, which again must have been connected with the 
system of the hundred court. Stubbs, Const. Hist., 48. 
hundreder (hun'dred-er), n. [ < hundred + -er 1 .] 
1. An inhabitant or n freeholder in a hundred. 
2. In Eng. law, a man who may be of a jury 
in any controversy respecting land within the 
hundred to which he belongs. 3. One having 
the jurisdiction of a hundred; sometimes, the 
bailiff of a hundred. Also hundredor, hundred- 
man. 
Hundredorg, aldermen, magistrates, Ac. 
Spelt/tan, Anc. Government of England. 
hundred-eyes (hnn'dred-iz),. The periwinkle, 
Tinea major and V. minor. 
hundredfold (hun'dred-fold), n. [< ME. hun- 
dredfold, -fald, lwndrydfonM(P&. onlyhund-feald 
and hundtedatig-fetild) = MHG. hiindertralt = 
Icel. hundradhfaldr = Sw. hundrafalt = Dan. 
hundredefold ; < hundred + -fold."] 1. A hun- 
dred times as much. 2. The plant Galiuni 
rerum : so called on account of its very numer- 
ous flowers. [Eng.] 
hundred-legs (hun'dred-legz), n. A centiped, 
as distinguished from'a milleped or thousand- 
legs. See cut under centiped. 
hundredman (hun'dred-man), n. ; pi. hundred- 
meii (-men). Same as hundreder, 3. 
The term hundred in a legal sense is flrst met with in 
England in the laws of King Edgar, 959-975. "A thief 
shall be pursued. If there be present need, let it be made 
known to the Hundredman, and let him make it known 
to the Tithingman," Ac. 
Quoted in X. and Q., 7th ser., III. 61. 
hundredor, . Same as hundreder, 3. 
hundred-penny (hun'dred-pen'i), . The hun- 
dredfeh, or tax collected by the sheriff or lord 
of a hundred. Itapalje and Lawrence. 
hundredth (hun'dredth), a. and n. [< hundred 
+ -tf(3. The AS. term was hundtctintigotha.] 
I. . Next after the ninety-ninth: an ordinal 
numeral. 
II. n. The quotient of unity divided by one 
hundred; one of a hundred equal parts of any- 
thing: as, one hundredth (rAff) of a mile. 
hundredweight (hun'dred-wat), n. In avoir- 
dupois weight, a denomination of weight, usu- 
ally denoted by out., containing originally 112 
pounds. It is subdivided into 4 quarters, each contain- 
ing 28 pounds. The long hundredweight is 120 pounds. 
In the United States a hundredweight is now commonly 
understood as 100 pounds, and this is usual and legal in 
England for very many articles. 
hung (hung). Preterit and past participle of 
hang Hung beef. See beef. 
Hungarian (hung-ga'ri-an), a. and n. [< ML. 
Hungaria, Hungary, < ffungari, Ungari, Ungri, 
Wengri, Ugri, MGr. Qiyypot, etc., the name 
given to the Magyars. Cf . Ugrian, Ugric. Con- 
nection with Hun, if any, remote: see Hun 1 .'] 
I. a. 1. Pertaining or relating to Hungary, a 
country and kingdom in central Europe, in the 
valley of the middle Danube, or to its inhabi- 
tants ; Magyar. The kingdom of Hungary was estab- 
lished in A. D. 1000, and its crown, after various changes 
of dynasty, was permanently settled (from 1 527) on princes 
of the house of Austria. This relation still exists, but 
politically Hungary proper is now united with Transyl- 
vania, Croatia, Slavonia, and Finnic, as the Transleithan 
division of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, formed in 
1867. 
2f20 
2f. Freebooting; thievish; begging. "Inacant 
use found in old plays, the word apparently contains a 
double allusion to the freebooters of Hungary, that once 
infested the continent of Europe, and to the word hun- 
gry." Nam. 
base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? 
Shak., M. W. of W., i. 3. 
Come, ye Hungarian pilchers [fllchers], we are once 
more come under the zona torrida of the forest. 
Merry Devil of Edmonton. 
Hungarian balsam, an oleoresinous product of Pimts 
Muyhus or Pumiliv, of the Carpathian mountains. Hun- 
garian bowls, a peculiar form of amalgamating-machine, 
used in the gold-mines of Schemnitz, and to a limited ex- 
tent in sume other mining districts. The amalgamation 
is effected in cast-iron basins, in which wooden runners 
revolve just above the surface of the mercury which cov- 
ers the bottom of the bowl or basin, and in contact with 
the auriferous sand or slime. Hungarian grass, lamb- 
skin, lotus, etc. See the nouns. Hungarian machine, 
a hydraulic machine on the principle of Hero's fountain 
(which see, under fountain) : so called from its having 
been flrst employed in draining a mine in Hungary. 
II. M. 1. A native of Hungary, or a member 
of the Hungarian race ; a Magyar. See Magyar. 
2f. A freebooter; a thievish beggar. 
The middle aile [of St. Paul's] Is much frequented at 
noon with a company of hungarian', not walking so much 
for recreation as need. 
Lupton, London (Harl. Misc., IX. 814). 
Away, I have knights and colonels at my house, and 
must tend the hungarians. Merry Devil of Edmonton. 
3. The language spoken by the Hungarians, 
belonging to the Finnic family of languages; 
Magyar. 
Hungary fever, water. Bee fever, water. 
hunger (hung'ger), n. [< ME. hunger, hanger, 
< AS. hunger, hungor = OS. hunger, hungar, 
OFries. hunger, hanger = D. hanger = OHG. 
hungar, MHG. G. hunger = Icel. hungr = Sw. 
Dan. hunger = Goth. *huggrus, huhrus (for 
'hunhrus), hunger; cf. hunger, r.] 1. An un- 
easy or painful sensation occasioned by the 
want of food; craving appetite. 
With hunger and cold she had her fill, 
Till she was quite worn away. 
The West-Country Damoiel'i Complaint (Child's Ballads, 
[II. 885). 
With hunger made 
Anatomies while we live. 
MaxHingrr, Maid of Honour, ii. 4. 
But canst thou, tender Maid, canst thou sustain 
Afflictive Want, or Hunger's pressing Pain? 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
Hence 2. Any strong or eager desire. 
For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden. 
A hunger seized my heart ; I read . . . 
The noble letters of the dead. 
Tennyson, In Memorial!!, xcv. 
Excellence is lost sight of in the hunger for sudden per- 
formance and praise. Emerson, Success. 
3. A famine. [Now Eng.] 
And he ordeynyde him [Joseph] souereyn on Egipte and 
on al his nous, & hungur cam into al Egipte and C'hanaan. 
Wyclif, Acts vii. 
hunger (hung'ger), v. [< ME. hungren, hon- 
grcn, < AS. hyngran=OS. ge-hungrian = OFTies. 
hungera = D. hongeren = OHG. hungiren, hu- 
gcron, MHG. G. hungern = Icel. hungra = Dan. 
hitugrc = Sw. hungra = Goth, huggrjan, hun- 
ger; from the noun. Cf. ah lingered, anhun- 
gered.] I. intrans. 1. To feel the uneasiness 
or longing which is occasioned by long absti- 
nence from food ; crave food. 
If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him 
drink. Bom. xii. 20. 
And my more-having would be as a sauce 
To make me hunger more. Shale., Macbeth, iv. 3. 
Hence 2. To have an eager desire; long. 
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after right- 
eousness. Mat. v. 6. 
Dost thou so hunger for my empty chair, 
That thou wilt needs invest thee with mine honours 
Before thy hour he ripe? Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 4. 
Il.t trans. To starve. 
At last the Prince to Zeland came hymselfe 
To hunger Middleburgh, or make it yeeld. 
GatKoigne, Dulce Bellum Inexpertis, st. 132. 
Ill put her intill a dungeon dark, 
And hunger her till she die. 
Juhnit Scot (Child's Ballads, IV. 52). 
hungerbanedt, Afflicted or cursed with 
hunger. 
We beyng there were hungerbaned and famyshed, and 
among you so poore and nedye. that to gette our dayly 
lyuyng, fayne were we to sowe lether. 
J. Udall, On 1 Cor. iv. 
hunger-bit, hunger-bitten (hung'ger -bit, 
-bit*n), a. [ME. not found ; < AS. hungor-biten, 
< hungar, hunger, + biten, bitten, pp. of bitan, 
bite.] Pained, pinched, or weakened by hun- 
ger. 
hungry 
His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction 
shall be ready at his side. Job xviil. 12. 
hungeredt (hung'gerd), a. See ahmigered. 
hungerer (hung'ger-er), w. [< ME. hungrcrr: < 
hunger, v., + -!.] One who hungers, in either 
sense of that word. 
Voide lie shal make the souls of the hungrcre*. 
Wyclif, Isa. xxxii. fi (Oxf .). 
Nothing in Milton Is flnelter fancied than these tempe- 
rate dreams of the divine Hungerer. 
Lamb, Grace before Meat. 
The thwarted hungerer for office takes up the miserable 
commonplaces of politics. 
Croln, Hist. Sketches, Church in Ireland. 
hunger-flower (hung'ger-flou"er), n. The whit- 
low-grass, Draba incana : so called because it 
grows in poor soils. 
hungerful (hung'ger-ful), a. [< hunger + -ful.] 
Fim of hunger ; hungry. [Rare.] 
That nestling hungerful, who sees and hears 
His mother towards him flying through the wood. 
The Academy, Feb. 4, 1888, p. 78. 
hunger-grass (hung'ger-gras), n. The foxtail- 
grass, Alojiecurus agrestis. 
hungerlint, [Origin unknown.] An outer 
garment worn by women in the sixteenth and 
seventeenth centuries, varying with the fash- 
ion, but generally a sort of close-fitting basque 
with short skirts. 
A letter or epistle should be short-coated, and closely 
couched ; a hunyerlin becomes a letter more handsomely 
than a gown. Jlowell, Letters, i. 
hungerlyt (hung'ger-li), a. [< hunger + -ly.] 
Hungry. 
His beard grew thin and Itungerly, 
And scem'd to ask him sops as he was drinking. 
SAa/.-.,T. of thes.,111. 2. 
hungerlyt (hung'ger-li), adv. Hungrily. 
Ccrtayne rootcs, on the which hee fedde hungerlyr. 
L<il\i, Euphues and his England, p. 23S. 
You have sav'd my longing, and I feed 
Most hungerly on your sight. Shak., T. of A., i. 1. 
O yes ; eat with 'em as hungerly as soldiers. 
Drkker and Webtter, Westward Ho, v. 1. 
hunger-rot (hung'ger-rot), n. A disease in 
sheep caused by poor feeding. 
hunger-starveqt (hung'ger-starvd), a. ^hun- 
ger + starved ; in ME. Imnger-storven, with ME. 
pp. of starve.'] Starved with hunger; pinched 
by want of food ; famished. Minsheu. 
Many an hunger-starved poor creature pines in the 
street. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 173. 
hungerweed (hung'ger -wed), n. The corn- 
buttercup, Ranunculus arvensis: so called be- 
cause its abundance indicates a bad crop and 
a consequent season of famine. 
hungerwormt, Insatiable hunger. Dories. 
Hath any gentleman the hunger-worm of covetousness? 
here is cheer for his diet. Hcv. T. Adam*, Works, 1. 161. 
hungrily (hung'gri-li), adv. [< hungry + -ly%. ] 
In a hungry manner; voraciously; greedily. 
When on harsh acorns hungrily they fed. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal. 
hungriousnesst (hung'gri-us-nes), n. [< */- 
grious (not found: irreg. < hungry + -ous) + 
-ness.'] Hungriness; hunger. 
Whan was excessyne riotous bankettyng, potte compan- 
yoning, and bely chearynge more outragiously vsed, and 
the pore hunyriousney lease refreshed, than now ? 
J. Udall, On Ephesians, Prol. 
hungry (hung'gri), a. [Early mod. E. also hon- 
yrti ; < ME. hungry, hungri, hont/ry, hungrig, < 
AS. hungrig (= OFries. hungerich, hongerich = 
D. hongerig = MLG. hungei'ich = OHG. hu- 
garag, hungereg, MHG. hiingerc, G. hungrig = 
Dan. Sw. hungrig (cf. Icel. httngradhr), hungry, 
< hunger, hunger: see hunger.] 1. Having or 
feeling hunger ; feeling pain or uneasiness from 
want of food; having a keen appetite. 
Thenne com Couetyse I couthe him not discreue, 
So hungri and so holewe sire Herui him loked. 
Pien Plowman (A), v. 107. 
He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the 
rich he hath sent empty away. Luke i. 53. 
Come, hostess, where are you ? is supper ready? Come, 
first give us drink ; and be as quick as you can, for I be- 
lieve we are all very hungry. 
I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 173. 
Hence 2. Having an eager desire for any- 
thing; longing. 
For always roaming with a hungry heart, 
Much have I seen and known. 
Tennyson, Ulysses. 
Still hungrier for delight as delights grow more rare. 
M. Arnold, Empedocles. 
3. Indicating want or poverty of nourishment; 
gaunt; famished. 
Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shalt., J. C., L 2. 
