hulch

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hunch, hump (on the back). obsolete
    — I am quite lost in my understanding when I reflect upon the admirable invention of Pythagoras, who by the number, either even or odd, of the syllables of every name, would tell you of what side a man was lame, hulch-backed, blind, gouty, troubled with the palsy, pleurisy, or any other distemper incident to humankind
  2. A thick slice, hunk. dialectal

词形变化

hulches plural hulge alternative,dialectal

词汇关系

相关词
by hulch or by stulch hulch and stulch

词源

From Middle English *hulch, from Old English hylċ, related to Old English holc (“hollow, cavity”). Compare holk, hunch.
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