HUG, HUGGING
NOUNS
1892 — THRIST → TRIST a squeeze, a hug → Sc.
1940 — BROKEN MUG a hug → US rhyming sl.
1953 — LOVE-UP an act of caressing, hugging, etc. → sl.
1969 — SCOTCH GRAVAT a hug or cuddle → Sc.
1969 — SCOTCH MUFFLER a hug or cuddle → Sc.
VERBS
1240 — CLIP to clasp with the arms, to embrace, to hug → arch. & Eng. dial.
1300 — HALSE to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms → obs. exc. Sc.
1340 — ACCOLL to throw the arms around the neck of; to embrace, to hug → obs.
1564 — CULL to hug, to fondle in the arms → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1576 — CULLY to fondle in the arms, to hug → obs. rare
1583 — HUGGLE to hug, to embrace, to cuddle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..18C — HUDDLE to hug or embrace a woman; possibly to coit a woman → Brit.
1713 — INARM to embrace; to throw the arms round
1746 — CREEM to squeeze, to hug → Eng. dial.
1829 — HAUSE → HAWSE to embrace; to hug; to take in the arms → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1838 — THRIST → TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring → Sc. & Eng. dial.
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