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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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Hŭm′drŭm, a. p. 644Dull; stupid. “A humdrum crone.” Bryant.Hŭm'drŭm, n. p. 644A stupid fellow; a drone.Hu-mĕct' or Hu-mĕc'tāte, v. t. p. 644To moisten; to wet; to water. [Obs.] Howell.Hu-mé'ctant, a. p. 644Tending to increase the fluidity of the blood.Hū'mec-tā'tion, n. p. 644The act of moistening, wetting, or watering. [Obs.] Bacon.Hu-méc'tive, a. p. 644Tending to moisten. [Obs.]Hū'mer-al, a. p. 644Belonging to the shoulder; as, the humeral artery.Hū'me-rŭs, n. p. 644(Anat.) (a.) The large cylindrical bone of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow. (b.) The shoulder or upper part of the arm, including the shoulder-joint, the scapula, and the clavicle, with…Hŭm'hŭm, n. p. 644A kind of plain, coarse India cloth, made of cotton.Hū'mic, a. p. 644(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, mold. Cooley.Humic acid p. 644an acid formed from mold by boiling it with alkalies, and adding acids to the solution;—called also ulmic acid, ulmine, and geic acid.Hū'mi-cu-bā'tion, n. p. 644A lying on the ground. [Obs.] Bramhall.Hū'mid, a. p. 644Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humid air or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. “Evening cloud or humid bow.” Milton.Hu-mĭd'i-ty, n. p. 644Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch;—used especially of the atmosphere, or of clothing, and the like, which have absorbed moisture from the…Hū'mid-ness, n. p. 644Humidity.Hū'mi-fūse, a. p. 644(Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray.Hu-mĭl'i-āte, v. t. p. 644To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to depress; as, humiliated slaves.Hu-mĭl-i-ā'tion, n. p. 644The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; reduction to a lower position; mortification. 2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness, meekness, or submission. The…Hu-mĭl'i-ty, n. p. 644The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness.…Hū'mine, n. p. 644See HUMUS.Hūm'mel, v. t. p. 644To separate from the awns; — said of barley.Hūm'mel-er, n. p. 644An implement for separating barley from its awns. 2. One who hummels barley.Hŭm'mer, n. p. 644One who hums; an applauder. Ainsworth.Hūm'ming, n. p. 644A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound.Hūm'ming-āle, n. p. 644Sprightly ale. Dryden.Hūm'ming-bird, n. p. 644(Ornith.) A very small bird of the genus Trochilus, remarkable for the metallic brilliancy of its plumage, and for the swift motion and noise of its wings in flight. It has a long, slender beak, and…Hŭm'mock, n. p. 644A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface. 2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice-field. See HOMMOCK. 3. Timbered land. [Florida.]Hŭm'mock-ing, n. p. 644The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.Hŭm'mock-y, a. p. 644Abounding in hummocks.Hŭm'mum, n. p. 644A bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert.Hū'mor, n. p. 644Moisture; especially, the moisture or fluids of animal bodies; as, the humors of the eyes, &c. 2. (Med.) (a.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. (b.) An…Hū'mor (or yū'mur), v. t. p. 644To comply with the humor of; to adapt matters so as to suit the peculiarities or exigencies of; to indulge by gentle and skillful adaptation. It is my part to invent, and that of the musicians to…Hū'mor-al, a. p. 644Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. Harvey. Humoral pathology (Med.), that pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to…Hū'mor-al-izm, n. p. 644State of being humoral. 2. The doctrine that diseases have their seat in the humors or fluids of the body; humorism.Hū'mor-al-ist, n. p. 644One who favors the humoral pathology.Hū'mor-ism, n. p. 644(Med.) The theory founded on the part which the humors were supposed to play in the production of disease. Dunglison. 2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.Hū'mor-ĭst, n. p. 644One who attributes diseases to the diseased state of the humors. 2. One who has some strong peculiarity of character, which he indulges in ways that are odd or whimsical. He [Roger de Coverley] . . .…Hū'mor-ize, v. i. p. 644To fall in with the humor of any thing; to be accordant with in humor. Marston.Hū'mor-less, a. p. 644Destitute of humor.Hŭ'mor-ous, a. p. 644Moist; humid. [Obs.] Whence all floods, all the sea, all founts, wells, all deeps humorous, Fetch their beginnings. Chapman. 2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious…Hū'mor-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 645In a humorous manner; capriciously; whimsically; pleasantly; jocosely. We resolve by halves, rashly and humorously. Calamy.Hū'mor-oŭs-ness, n. p. 645The state or quality of being humorous; capriciousness; fickleness; oddness of conceit; jocularity. 2. Moodiness; petulance; peevishness. [Obs.]Hū'mor-sōme, a. p. 645Influenced by the humor of the moment; capricious; whimsical; petulant; odd; facetious. [Obs.] The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.Hū'mor-sōme-ly, adv. p. 645Humorously; petulantly; oddly. Johnson.Hŭmp, n. p. 645A protuberance; a swelling or convexity; a bunch; especially the protuberance formed by a crooked back; a lump or bunch upon the back; a hunch; as, a camel with one hump, or two humps.Hŭmp'băck, n. p. 645A crooked back; high shoulders; a hunchback. Tatler. 2. A humpbacked person. 3. (Zoöl.) A genus of whales (Megaptera), characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Baird.Hŭmp'-backed, a. p. 645Having a crooked back.Hŭmped, a. p. 645Having a hump on the back.Hŭmp'y, a. p. 645Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances.Hū'mu-lūs, n. p. 645(Bot.) A genus of plants including the hop;—so called because it grows well only in rich soils.Hū'mus, n. p. 645A pulverulent brown substance formed by the action of air on solid animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.Hūn, n. p. 645One of the Scythians who conquered Pannonia, and gave it its present name, Hungary.Hŭnch, n. p. 645A hump; a protuberance; as, the hunch of a camel. 2. A lump; a thick piece; a hunk. His wife brought out the cut loaf and a piece of Wiltshire cheese, and I took them in hand, gave Richard a good…Hŭnch, v. t. p. 645To push with the elbow; to push or thrust with a sudden jerk. 2. To push out in a protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.Hŭnch'-bäck, n. p. 645A humpback.Hŭnch'-bācked, a. p. 645Having a crooked back. L'Estrange.Hūn'dred, n. p. 645The product of ten multiplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection, body, or sum, consisting of ten times ten individuals or units; five score;—written 100, or C. ☞ The word hundred…Hŭn'dred, a. p. 645Ten times ten; ninety and ten added; as, a hundred dollars.Hŭn'dred-cōurt, n. p. 645(Eng.) A court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. Blackstone.Hŭn'dred-er, n. p. 645An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred. 2. (Law.) A person impaneled, or fit to be impaneled, upon juries, dwelling within the hundred where the cause of action arose. 3. One having the…