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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hūge, a. p. 643Very large or great; enormous; monstrous; immense; as, a huge mountain; a huge ox. 2. Extended; very great; carried to a high degree;—inelegantly applied to space, distance, and degree; as, a huge…Hūge'ly, adv. p. 643Very greatly; enormously; immensely. Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea? Shak.Hūge′ness, n. p. 643Enormous bulk or largeness; as, the hugeness of a mountain or of an elephant.Hūġe'oŭs, a. p. 643Huge. [Obs. and low.] “Hugeous length of trunk.” Byrom.Hŭg'ger, n. p. 643One who hugs or embraces.Hŭg'ger-mŭg'ger, n. p. 643Privacy; secrecy. [Colloq. and low.] Many things have been done in hugger-mugger in our day. Fuller.Hŭg'ger-mŭg'ger, a. p. 643Secret; clandestine; close; sly. 2. Confused; disorderly; poor; mean; contemptible; as, hugger-mugger doings; hugger-mugger condition.Hūg'gle, v. t. p. 643To hug; to clasp. [Obs.] Holland.Hū'gue-not, n. p. 643(Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the sixteenth century.Hū'gue-not-ism, n. p. 643The religion of the Huguenots in France.Hū'gy, a. p. 643Vast in size. [Obs.] Dryden.Huï'sher, n. p. 643An usher. [Obs.] See USHER. B. Jonson.Hu'sher, v. t. p. 643To usher. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Hūke, n. p. 643A cloak; a hyke. [Obs.] Bacon.Hūlech, n. p. 643A bunch or hump. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Hŭlch'y, a. p. 643Much swelling; gibbous. [Obs.]Hūlk, n. p. 643The body of a ship, or decked vessel of any kind;—especially applied to the body of an old ship or vessel which is laid by as unfit for service. “Some well-timbered hulk.” Spenser. 2. Any thing bulky…Hūlk, v. t. p. 643To take out the entrails of; as, to hulk a hare. Ainsworth.Hūlk'y, a. p. 643Bulky; unwieldy. [Obs. or Prov.]Hŭll, n. p. 643The outer covering of any thing, particularly of a nut or of grain; the husk. 2. (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Totten. Hull down, having…Hŭll, v. t. p. 643To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; as, to hull grain. 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship with a cannon-ball.Hŭll, v. i. p. 643To float or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship, without sails. Milton.Hŭll'er, n. p. 643One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for separating seeds from their hulls.Hăll-găll', n. p. 643A play or game of children.Hŭll'y, a. p. 643Having husks or pods; siliquous.Hū'lo-ist, n. p. 643The same as HYLOIST.Hū'lo-thē'ĭsm, n. p. 643Hylotheism.Hŭl’ver, n. p. 643Holly, an evergreen shrub, or tree. See HOLLY.Hūm, v. i. p. 643To make a dull, prolonged, nasal sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. 2. To make a drawling sound through the nose in the process of speaking, from…Hŭm, v. t. p. 643To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune. 2. To greet with a murmur or buzz of approbation. 3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on. [Colloq.…Hŭm, n. p. 643The noise of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a whirling wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz. “The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hum.” Shak. 2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound…Hūm, n. p. 643A kind of strong liquor formerly used, regarded by some as a mixture of ale or beer and spirits. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Hūm, interj. p. 643Ahem; hem; a sound with a pause implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.Hū'man, a. p. 643Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; pertaining or relating to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human knowledge; human life. To err…Hū'man, n. p. 643A human being; one of the race of man. [Rare and inelegant.] “Sprung of humans that inhabit earth.” Chapman. In this world of ours, . . . we humans often find ourselves, we can not tell how, in…Hū'man-ate, a. p. 643Indued with humanity. [Obs.] Crammer.Hu-māne', a. p. 643Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] When we had been taught all the mysterious articles, we could not, by any humane power, have understood them. Bp. Taylor. 2. Having the feelings and dispositions…Hu-māne'ly, adv. p. 643In a humane manner; with kindness, tenderness, or compassion; as, the prisoners were treated humanely.Hu-māne'ness, n. p. 643The quality of being humane; tenderness. Scott.Hu-mān'ies, n. sing. p. 643The doctrine or science of human nature, or of matters pertaining to humanity. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Collins.Hu-mān'i-fý, v. t. p. 643To make human; to invest with a human body or personality; to incarnate. [Rare.] “The humanifying of the divine Word.” H. B. Wilson.Hū'man-ist, n. p. 643One who pursues the study of the humanities (literæ humaniores), or polite literature; — a term used in various European universities, especially the Scottish. Brande. 2. One versed in the knowledge…Hu-măn'i-tā'ri-an, n. p. 643One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to be a mere man.Hu-mān'i-tā'ri-an, a. p. 643Pertaining to humanitarians. Motley.Hu-măn'i-tā'ri-an-ism, n. p. 643The doctrine of the humanitarians.Hū'ma-ni'tian, n. p. 643A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Hu-mān'i-ty, n. p. 643The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. 2. Mankind collectively; the human race. If he is able to untie those knots, he is able to…Hū'man-i-zā'tion, n. p. 643The act of humanizing.Hū'man-ize, v. t. p. 643To render human or humane; to soften; to subdue dispositions to cruelty, and render susceptible of kind feelings. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion? Addison.Hū'man-īze, v. i. p. 643To become or be made more humane; t. become civilized; to be ameliorated. By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted slavery…Hū'man-iz'er, n. p. 643One who renders humane.Hū'man-kind, n. p. 643The race of man; mankind; the human species. Pope.Hū'man-ly, adv. p. 643In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the opinions or knowledge of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue. 2. Kindly; humanely. [Obs.] Pope.Hu-mā'tion, n. p. 643Interment; inhumation. [Rare.]Hūm'-bird, n. p. 643See HUMMING-BIRD.Hŭm'ble, a. p. 643Not high or lofty; low; unpretending; mean; as, a humble place or cottage. “Thy humble nest built on the ground.” Cowley. 2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud…Hŭm'ble, v. t. p. 644To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to bring down; to lower; to abase; to mortify. Take thou this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes.…Hŭm'ble-bee, n. p. 644(Entom.) A large, hairy bee, of a black color, with bands of yellow or orange, constituting the genus Bombus; a bumblebee. ☞ The bees of this genus form societies as the honey-bee does, but construct…Hŭm'ble-cow, n. p. 644A cow without horns. W. Scott.Hŭm'ble-mouthed, a. p. 644Mild; meek. Shak.