"droning instrument played with a crank," 1749, perhaps imitative of the sound of the instrument and influenced by c. 1500 hirdy-girdy "uproar, confusion." Originally a type of drone-lute played by turning a wheel.
Huntingdon
Huntington's chorea
huntress
huntsman
hurdle
hurdy-gurdy
hurl
hurler
hurling
hurly-burly
Huron
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