† ˈhulchy, a. Obs. or dial.
Also 8 hulgy.
[f. hulch n. + -y.]
Humpy, hump-backed.
| 1632 Sherwood, Hulchie, gibbeux. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xvii. 142 The uneven shrugging of her hulchy Shoulders. 1768 Ross Helenore 35 (Jam.) An ugly hulgie⁓backed, cankered wasp. Ibid. 78 And of a worldly hulgy⁓back get free. |