† hulchyadj.
Obsolete or dialect.
Humpy, humpbacked.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > hump back
hoveredc897
embossedc1430
bow-backed1470
crook-backed1477
courbe-backed1480
bunch-backed1519
hunchbacked1598
buncht-back1603
crouch-backed1606
hulch1611
hulch-backed1611
hulched1611
crouchback1627
camel-backed1631
huck-backed1631
hulchy1632
boss-backed1640
gibbous1646
huckle-backeda1652
hulck-backed1656
hunched1656
crump-backeda1661
humpbacked1681
humped1713
humpback1726
humptya1825
hunchy1841
bible-backed1857
crooked-backed1866
cyphotic1889
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having lumps or bumps
bumped1597
hulchy1632
humpy1708
lumpy1708
bumpy1769
hunchy1881
humpty1889
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Hulchie, gibbeux.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 142 The uneven shrugging of her hulchy Shoulders.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 35 (Jam.) An ugly hulgie~backed, cankered wasp.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 78 (Jam.) And of a worldly hulgy~back get free.
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- fling
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- fling caution to the wind
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- fling in
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