Hut
[hʌt]
Definition
(n.) A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cot, cabin, shed, hovel, poor cottage, mean dwelling.
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Definition
n. a small or mean house: (mil.) a small temporary dwelling.—v.t. (mil.) to place in huts as quarters:—pr.p. hut′ting; pa.p. hut′ted.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a hut, denotes indifferent success. To dream that you are sleeping in a hut, denotes ill health and dissatisfaction. To see a hut in a green pasture, denotes prosperity, but fluctuating happiness.
Typist: Louis
Examples
- So saying, he pointed successively to two corners of the hut. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A hut rarely receives her; the hollow tree and chill cavern are her home. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Immediately she turned and left the hut, and as she passed through the doorway Tarzan saw that she carried a cooking pot in her hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I passed by a group of these terrorists, in a lane in the direct road to the hut. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A melancholy procession was wending its way by the light of the lantern from the hut towards Blooms-End. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Wildeve left her side and went to the back wall of the hut. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I was urged by compassion to hasten to the hut, for the purpose of ascertaining his situation, and administering to his wants. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hear my tale; it is long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The boy repeated the exact words he had used on entering the hut. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His eyes rested upon the open doorway of a nearby hut. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Further back in the hut the cotters whispered, Mrs. Yeobright is dead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The woman came quickly to the center of the hut. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Moreover, fifty yards off stood a hut, built of clods and covered with thin turves, but now entirely disused. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Carefully they ransacked every hut and corner of the village, but no sign of D'Arnot could they find. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Is this your cherishing--to put me into a hut like this, and keep me like the wife of a hind? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This latter task was becoming more and more difficult, for the blacks had taken to hiding their supply away at night in granaries and living huts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Twice had he entered huts at night while the inmates lay sleeping upon their mats, and stolen the arrows from the very sides of the warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is not even certain that they had tents or huts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The natives build their huts out of small poles covered with palm thatch and live in little colonies while the rubber harvest is going on. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- However, a number of the laborers usually remain in the huts, loafing and fighting the animals and insects that seek refuge from the rising waters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On the whole island there were but three miserable huts, and one of these was vacant when I arrived. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Another excels in making the frames and covers of their little huts or moveable houses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The prisoners were herded into three huts where they were heavily guarded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There they surrounded the small village of Indian huts, and just at break of day broke into them all at once. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Men were put to work getting out timber to build huts, and in a very short time all were comfortably housed--privates as well as officers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then their huts were set on fire, and most of them burned down. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- At all events they were living in small huts, about such as soldiers would hastily construct for temporary occupation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They made themselves huts, and accumulated other followers to the number of threescore or more. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All gazed in consternation at it for an instant, and then, with one accord, broke and ran for their huts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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