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v/nich render thefe editions peculiarly valuable. In 1674., 
he was made a member of the French Academy. Prieft’s 
orders were conferred upon him in 1676 ; with the pre- 
fentation to the abbacy of Aunai in Normandy. In 1679 
appeared the firft edition of his Demonf ratio Evangclica, 
folio, a work acknowleged to contain a valt tund of eru¬ 
dition. He was prefented, in 1665, to the bifhopric of 
Soiffons; but, the court of France being at that time at 
variance with that of Rome, he never obtained his bulls 
or took pofleftion of the fee. In 1689 he made an ex¬ 
change of his nomination with M. Brulart de Sillery, for 
that of Avranches, which was in his native province; he, 
however, was not confecrated to the latter fee till 1692. 
Finding now that the burthen of his fituation was too 
great for his comfort, he obtained permilTion in 1699 to 
refign his bifhopric, and was prefented by the king,- as a 
pecuniary co^npenfation, with the abbacy of Fontenai 
near Caen. Here-lie was peftered with law-fuits and 
other inconveniences, which at length drove him to a re¬ 
treat in the college of the Jefuits at Paris, to which he 
had bequeathed his library. There he remained, abforbed 
in his ftudies, and in intercourfe with a few men of learn¬ 
ing, till his deceafe, in January. 1721, at the advanced age 
of ninety-one. Of his works, befides thofe already enu¬ 
merated, the principal are, 1. Cevfura E’hdofop'iue Cartefana. 
2. Hiftoire du Commerce L 3 de la Navigation drs Anciens. 3. De 
la Si'vatitu du Paradis terrejlre. 4.. Carmina Latina & Graca. 
5. Origincs de Caen. 6. Diane de Cajlro. 7. Commcntarivs de 
Reins ad eum pertineniibus ; this is a very entertaining 
account of his life down to his final retreat, interperfed 
with anecdotes of all the eminent fcholars with whom he 
was connefted. After his death appeared a Hueticna, a 
colledlion of mifcellaneous thoughts and obfervations. 
HUE'TA. See Gueta. 
KUETERN', a town of Germany, in Bavaria, and bi¬ 
fhopric of Paffau : fix miles north of Paffau. 
HUE'TINBERG, a town of Germany, in the duchy 
of Carinthia : eight miles eaft of Friefach, and eight foutli- 
weft of Reichenfels. 
HUFF, f. [from hove , or hoven, fwelled ; he is biffed up 
ly dijiempers. So in fome provinces we fay the bread huffs 
up, when it begins to heave, or ferment: huff, therefore, 
may be ferment. To be in a huff, is to be in a ferment, 
as we now fpeak.] Swell or fudden anger or arrogance.— 
We have the apprehenlions of a change to keep a check 
upon us in the very huff of our greatnefs. VEffrange. — 
A Spaniard was wonderfully upon the huff about his ex¬ 
traction. L' Efr range. 
His frowns kept multitude^ in awe, 
Before the binder of whole huff 
All hat?, as in a ftorm, flew off. Hudibras. 
A wretch fwelled with a falfe opinion of his own value. ; — 
Lewd fhallow-brained huffs make atheifm and contempt 
of religion the foie badge and charafter of wit. South. 
To HUFF, v. a. To fwell; to puff.—In many wild birds 
the diaphragm may eafily he huffed up wirh air, and blown 
in at the wind-pipe. Grtkti.— To heftor; to treat with in- 
. folence and arrogance, or brutality.—The commiflioner at 
Magdalen college find to Dr. Hough, You mult not pre- 
lume to huff us. Echard. 
To HUFF, v. n. To bluffer; to ftorm; to bounce; to 
fwell with indignation or pride : 
A huffing, fhining, flat Erin g, cringing, coward, 
A cankerworm of peace, was rais’d above him. Otway. 
Huffing to cowards, fawning to the brave, 
To knaves a fool, to cred’ious fools a knave. Rofcommon. 
HUFF'ER,yi A blufterer; a bully: 
Nor have I hazarded my art 
To be expos’d i’ th’ end to fuffer 
By fuch a braggadocio buffer. Hudibras. 
.HUFF'ING, f. The a£t of bluftering, or of fweiiing 
with pafiion.- 
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HUFF'INGEN, or Huiffsngen, a town of Germany, 
in Swabia, belonging to the prince of Fnrftenberg: four 
miles north-north-weft of Furftenberg, and feventccn 
north-north-weft of Schaff haufen. 
HUFF'ISH, adj. Arrogant; infblent; heftoring. 
HUFF'ISHLY, adv. With arrogant petulance; with 
bullying bluffer. - , 
HUFFTSHNESS,/! Petulance ; arrogance; hoify blufer. 
To HUG, v. a. [hejriin, Sax. to hedge ; to indole.] 1 o 
prefs clo/e in an embrace.—King Xerxes was enamoured 
upon an oak, which’he would hug and kifs. Harvey. 
Ev’n in that urn their brother they confefs, 
And hug it in their arms, and to their bofom prefs. Dry den. 
To fondle; to treat with tendernefs.—We hug deformi¬ 
ties,, if they bear our names. Glanville. 
Admire yoiyfelf, 
And, without rival, hug your darling book. Rofcommon. 
To hold fait.—Age makes us mod fondly hug and retain 
the good things of life, when we have the leaft profpebt 
of enjoying them. Atterbury. —To gripe in wreftling. 
HUG, J. Clofs embrace.—Why thefe dole hugs? I owe 
my fhame to him. Gay.—A particular gripe in wreltling, 
called a Cornifh hug. 
HUGE, adj. [from hoogh, Dut. high; or from hooch, 
Welfh, a hog.] Vaft; immenfe.—This fpace of earth is 
fo huge, as that it equalleth in greatnefs not only Alia, 
Europe, and Africa, but America. Abbot. —Very great: 
There leviathan, 
Hugejl of living creatures, in the deep 
Stretch’d like a promontory, fleeps or fwims. 
And feems a moving land. Milton. 
Great even to deformity or terriblenefs: 
Through forefts huge, and long untraveli’d heaths, 
With defolation brown, he wanders wafte. Thomfon. 
HU'GELY, adv. Immenfely; enormoufly: 
Who cries out on pride. 
That can therein tax an}' private party? 
Doth it not flow as hugely as the fea ? Shahefpeare. 
Greatly; very much.—I am hugely bent to believe, that 
whenever you concern yourfelves.in our affairs, it is for 
our good. Swift. 
HU'GENESS, f. Enormous bulk; greatnefs. Utmoft 
extent. Not in ufe. —My mi ft refs exceeds in goodnefs the 
hugenefs of vour unworthy thinking. Shahefpeare. 
HUG'GER-MUGGER, f. [corrupted perhaps from 
huger mocker, or hug in the dark. Marcher in Danifh is 
darknefs, whence our murky. It is written by fir Thomas 
Moore, holier maker. H 6 her, in Chaucer, is peevilh, crofs- 
grained, of which moher may only be a ludicrous redupli¬ 
cation. Hooke is' likewife in German a corner, and noky 
is in Engliih dark.] Secrecy; bye-place.—There’s a dii- 
tinction betwixt what’s done openly and bare-faced, and 
a thing that’s done in hugger-mugger, under the leal of 
lecrecy and concealment. VEf range. 
But if I can but find them out, 
Where’er th’ in hugger-mugger lurk, 
I’ll make them rue their handy work. Hudibras, 
KUG'GING, f. The act of embracing; a fond em¬ 
brace. 
HUGH, [from hawev , Teut. to cleave; 1 or hoochj Belt?;, 
high.] A Chriftian name. 
HUGH, abbot cf Flavigny, an eminent ecclefiaftical 
hiftorian, born in 1065. When young, he embraced the 
nfonaftic life in the abbey of St. Vannes, at Verdun; and 
in 1085, when the partilans of the anti-pope Guibert and 
the emperor difperfed the members of that community, 
together with other monks, he took refuge at the monai- 
tery of FlaVigny, in the diocefe of Autun. Here he ac¬ 
quired lb much efteem and refped, that upon the death 
of the abbot, in 1097, he was elected to that dignity. He 
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