Hurry-skurry | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Skurry
·noun & ·v ·see <<Scurry>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Hurry
·vt To cause to be done quickly. II. Hurry ·vt To <<Hasten>>; to impel to greater speed; to urge on...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hurry
(which Grose explains " a small load of hay or corn. North.") Rather the turn, as two or three hurri...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hurry
A staith or wharf where coals are shipped in the north. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
rack-hurry
The tram-way on which coal-waggons run to a hurry. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
hurry up the cakes
i.e. Be quick; look alive. This phrase, which has lately got into vogue, originated in the common Ne...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.