hue v.
1. to beat, to whip.
![]() | Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Hue c. to Lash. Hued, c. Lasht or Flogg’d. The Cove was Hued in the Naskin, c. the Rogue was severely Lasht in Bridewell. | |
![]() | Lives of Most Notorious Highway-men, etc. (1926) 207: Hue, to lash. The cove was hued in the naskin, i.e., the rogue was severely lashed in Bridewell. | |
![]() | New Canting Dict. | |
, , , | ![]() | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. |
, , | ![]() | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |
![]() | New Dict. Cant (1795). | |
![]() | Dict. Sl. and Cant. | |
![]() | Lex. Balatronicum. | |
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
![]() | Modern Flash Dict. | |
![]() | Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open. | |
![]() | Vocabulum. |
2. to hit with a cudgel.
![]() | Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant. |