hudge

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Noun

hudge (plural hudges)

  1. (mining) A bucket for hoisting coal or ore.[1]

Adjective

hudge

  1. Obsolete spelling of huge
    • 1598, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, London: Cutbert Burby, [Act I, Scene 1],
      the hudge armie of the worldes desires
    • 1689, William Jameson, chapter 4, in Verus Patroclus‎, Edinburgh, page 172:
      O hudge madness!

References
  1. Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Hudge”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
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