Hulch Hulch noun [ Confer
Hunch .]
A hunch. [ Obsolete]
Hulchy Hulch"y adjective Swollen; gibbous. [ Obsolete]
Hulk Hulk noun [ Middle English
hulke a heavy ship, Anglo-Saxon
hulc a light, swift ship; akin to Dutch
hulk a ship of burden, German
holk , Old High German
holcho ; perhaps from Late Latin
holcas , Greek ..., prop., a ship which is towed, from ... to draw, drag, tow. Confer
Wolf ,
Holcad .]
1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "Some well- timbered
hulk ."
Spenser. 2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. Skeat. 3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. Shak. Shear hulk ,
an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out the masts of a ship. --
The hulks ,
old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons. [ Eng.]
Dickens.
Hulk Hulk transitive verb [ Confer MLG.
holken to hollow out, Swedish
hålka .]
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [ R.]
Beau. & Fl.
Hulking, Hulky Hulk"ing, Hulk"y adjective Bulky; unwiedly. [ R.] "A huge
hulking fellow."
H. Brooke.
Hull Hull noun [ Middle English
hul ,
hol , shell, husk, Anglo-Saxon
hulu ; akin to German
hülle covering, husk, case,
hüllen to cover, Goth.
huljan to cover, Anglo-Saxon
helan to hele, conceal. √17. See
Hele ,
transitive verb ,
Hell .]
1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk. 2. [ In this sense perhaps influenced by Dutch
hol hold of a ship, English
hold .]
(Nautical) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
Dryden. Hull down ,
said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
Hull Hull transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hulled ;
present participle & verbal noun Hulling .]
1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn. 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Hull Hull intransitive verb To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Milton.
Hullabaloo Hul`la·ba·loo" noun [ Perh. a corruption of
hurly-burly .]
A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [ Colloq.]
Thackeray.
Hulled Hulled adjective Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn ,
kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.
Huller Hull"er noun One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
Hullo Hul·lo" interj. See Hollo .
Hully Hull"y adjective Having or containing hulls.
Huloist Hu"lo·ist noun See Hyloist .
Hulotheism Hu"lo·the·ism noun See Hylotheism .
Hulver Hul"ver noun [ Middle English
hulfere ; probably akin to English
holly .]
Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.
Hum Hum intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Hummed ;
present participle & verbal noun Humming .] [ Of imitative origin; confer German
hummen , Dutch
hommelen . √15.]
1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums . P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep.
Pope. 2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back,
And hums .
Shak. 3. [ Confer
Hum ,
interj .]
To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm , through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed .
Trial of the Regicides. » Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums , -- a pathological condition.
Hum Hum transitive verb 1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune. 2. To express satisfaction with by humming. 3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug. [ Colloq. & Low]
Hum Hum noun 1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz. The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums .
Shak. 2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound ; as:
(a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry. But 'midst the crowd, the hum , the shock of men.
Byron. (b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. Macaulay. 3. An imposition or hoax. 4. [ Confer
Hem ,
interj. ]
An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm , uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc. THese shrugs, these hums and ha's.
Shak. 5. [ Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.]
A kind of strong drink formerly used. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl. Venous hum .
See under Venous .
Hum Hum interj. [ Confer
Hem ,
interj .]
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.
Human Hu"man adjective [ Latin
humanus ; akin to
homo man: confer French
humain . See
Homage , and confer
Humane ,
Omber .]
Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices. To err is human ; to forgive, divine.
Pope.
Human Hu"man noun A human being. [ Colloq.]
Sprung of humans that inhabit earth.
Chapman. We humans often find ourselves in strange position.
Prof. Wilson.
Humanate Hu"man·ate adjective [ Late Latin
humanatus .]
Indued with humanity. [ Obsolete]
Cranmer.
Humane Hu·mane" adjective [ Latin
humanus : confer French
humain . See
Human .]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [ Obsolete]
Jer. Taylor. 2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent. Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination.
Sportswood. 3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine. Syn. -- Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful. --
Hu*mane"ly ,
adverb --
Hu*mane"ness ,
noun
Humanics Hu·man"ics noun The study of human nature. [ R.]
T. W. Collins.
Humanify Hu·man"i·fy transitive verb To make human; to invest with a human personality; to incarnate. [ R.]
The humanifying of the divine Word.
H. B. Wilson.
Humanism Hu"man·ism noun 1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. [ She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism .
T. Hardy. 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
Humanist Hu"man·ist noun [ Confer French
humaniste .]
1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Schaff- Herzog. 2. One who pursues the study of the humanities, or polite literature. 3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.
Humanistic Hu`man·is"tic adjective 1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird. 2. Pertaining to polite literature. M. Arnold.
Humanitarian Hu·man`i·ta"ri·an adjective 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature. 2. (Philos.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid. 3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [ Recent]
Humanitarian Hu·man`i·ta"ri·an noun [ From
Humanity .]
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human. 2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual. 3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [ Recent]
Humanitarianism Hu·man`i·ta"ri·an·ism noun 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ. 2. (Philos.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.
Humanitian Hu`ma·ni"tian noun A humanist. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Humanity Hu·man"i·ty noun ;
plural Humanities . [ Latin
humanitas : confer French
humanité . See
Human .]
1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. 2. Mankind collectively; the human race. But hearing oftentimes
The still, and music humanity .
Wordsworth. It is a debt we owe to humanity .
S. S. Smith. 3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. "The common offices of
humanity and friendship."
Locke. 4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science.
Holland. 5. plural (With definite article)
The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters. » The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archæology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called
literæ humaniores , or, in English, the
humanities , . . . by way of opposition to the
literæ divinæ , or divinity.
G. P. Marsh.
Humanization Hu·man`i·za"tion noun The act of humanizing. M. Arnold.
Humanize Hu"man·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Humanized ;
present participle & verbal noun Humanizing .] [ Confer French
humaniser .]
1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion?
Addison. 2. To give a human character or expression to. "
Humanized divinities."
Caird. 3. (Medicine) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
Humanize Hu"man·ize intransitive verb To become or be made more humane; to 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 instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery.
Franklin.
Humanizer Hu"man·i`zer noun One who renders humane.
Humankind Hu"man·kind` noun Mankind. Pope.
Humanly Hu"man·ly adverb 1. In a human manner; after the manner of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom of men; as, the present prospects, humanly speaking, promise a happy issue. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Kindly; humanely. [ Obsolete]
Pope.
Humanness Hu"man·ness noun The quality or state of being human.
Humate Hu"mate noun [ Latin
humus the earth, ground.]
(Chemistry) A salt of humic acid.
Humation Hu·ma"tion noun [ Latin
humatio , from
humare to cover with earth, to inter, from
humus the earth, ground. See
Homage .]
Interment; inhumation. [ R.]
Humbird Hum"bird` noun Humming bird.
Humble Hum"ble adjective [
Compar. Humbler ;
superl. Humblest .] [ French, from Latin
humilis on the ground, low, from
humus the earth, ground. See
Homage , and confer
Chameleon ,
Humiliate .]
1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. THy humble nest built on the ground.
Cowley. 2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble .
Jas. iv. 6. She should be humble who would please.
Prior. Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Washington. Humble plant (Botany) ,
a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa ( M. sensitiva ). --
To eat humble pie ,
to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles . Halliwell. Thackeray.
Humble Hum"ble adjective Hornless. See Hummel . [ Scot.]
Humble Hum"ble transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Humbled ;
present participle & verbal noun Humbling .]
1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues
Have humbled to all strokes.
Shak. The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
Macaulay. 2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
1 Pet. v. 6. Syn. -- To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade.
Humblebee Hum"ble·bee` noun [ Middle English
humbilbee ,
hombulbe ; confer Dutch
hommel , German
hummel , Old High German
humbal , Danish
humle , Swedish
humla ; perhaps akin to
hum . √15. Confer
Bumblebee .]
(Zoology) The bumblebee. Shak.
Humblehead Hum"ble·head` noun [
Humble +
-head .]
Humble condition or estate; humility. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Humbleness Hum"ble·ness noun The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.
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