Hub, n. [See 1st Hob.]
1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
2. The hilt of a weapon. Halliwell.
3. A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
4. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
5. (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
6. A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
7. A block for scotching a wheel. Hub plank (Highway Bridges), a horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub. — Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

Hubbub
Hub´bub, n. [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.] A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton.
"This hubbub of unmeaning words." Macaulay.

Huck, v. i. [See Hawk to offer for sale, Huckster.] To higgle in trading. [Obs.] Holland.

Huckleberry
Huc´kle•ber•ry, n. [Cf. Whortleberry.] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries ( Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry.

Hucksterer
Huck´ster•er, n. A huckster. Gladstone.
"Those hucksterers or money- jobbers." Swift.

Huckstress
Huck´stress, n. A female huckster.

Hud, n. [Cf. Hood a covering.] A huck or hull, as of a nut. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Huddler
Hud´dler, n. One who huddles things together.

Hudge, n. (Mining) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond.

Hudibrastic
Hu•di•bras´tic, a. Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay.

Hudsonian
Hud•so´ni•an, a. Of or pertaining to Hudson’s Bay or to the Hudson River; as the Hudsonian curlew.

Hue, n. [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow; akin to Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form, appearance.]
1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." Milton.
"Hues of the rich unfolding morn." Keble.
2. (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.

Hue, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. Burrill.

Hued, a. Having color; — usually in composition; as bright- hued; many- hued. Chaucer.

Hueless
Hue´less, a. [AS. hiwleás. See Hue color.] Destitute of color. Hudibras.

Huffcap
Huff´cap, n. A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] — a. Blustering; swaggering. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Huffer
Huff´er, n. A bully; a blusterer. Hudibras.

Huffiness
Huff´i•ness, n. The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper. Ld. Lytton.

Huffingly
Huff´ing•ly, adv. Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
"And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride." Old Ballad.

Huffish
Huff´ish, a. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. — Huff´ish•ly, adv. — Huff´ish•ness, n.

Huffy
Huff´y, a.
1. Puffed up; as huffy bread.
2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.

Hug, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hugged p. pr. & vb. n. Hugging.] [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig to squat, Icel. hka. Cf. Huckster.]
1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave.
2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.

Hug, v. t.
1. To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak.
2. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
"We hug deformities if they bear our names." Glanvill.
3. (Naut.) To keep close to; as to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one’s self, to congratulate one’s self; to chuckle.

Hug, n. A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling. Fuller.

Huge, a. [ Compar. Huger superl. Hugest ] [OE. huge, hoge, OF. ahuge, ahoge.] Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; — used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference. "The huge confusion." Chapman. "A huge filly." Jer. Taylor. — Huge´ly, adv. — Huge´ness, n.
"Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea." Shak.
Syn. — Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast.

Hugger-mugger
Hug´ger-mug•ger, n. [Scot. huggrie-muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.] Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic]
"Many things have been done in hugger- mugger." Fuller.

Hugger-mugger
Hug´ger-mug•ger, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; sly.
2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as hugger-mugger doings.

Huggle
Hug´gle, v. t. [Freq. of hug.] To hug. [Obs.]

Huguenot
Hu´gue•not, n. [F., properly a dim. of Hugues. The name is probably derived from the Christian name ( Huguenot) of some person conspicuous as a reformer.] (Eccl. Hist.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

Huguenotism
Hu´gue•not•ism, n. [Cf. F. huguenotisme.] The religion of the Huguenots in France.

Hugy
Hu´gy, a. Vast. [Obs.] Dryden.

Huia bird
Hu"ia bird [Native name; — so called from its cry.] (Zoöl.) A New Zealand starling ( Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.

Huisher
Hui´sher, n. [Obs.] See Usher. B. Jonson.

Huisher
Hui´sher, v. t. To usher. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Huke, n. [OF. huque, LL. huca; cf. D. huik.] An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages. [Written also heuk and hyke.] [Obs.] Bacon.

Hulan
Hu´lan, n. See Uhlan.

Hulk, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr., prop., a ship which is towed, fr. to draw, drag, tow. Cf. 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, v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. hålka.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as to hulk a hare. [R.] Beau. & Fl. { Hulk´ing, Hulk´y } a. Bulky; unwiedly. [R.] "A huge hulking fellow." H. Brooke.

Hull, n. [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. hülle covering, husk, case, hüllen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. rad.17. See Hele, v. t., 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 perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.) 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, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hulled p. pr. & vb. n. 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, v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.

Hullabaloo
Hul•la•ba•loo´, n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Hulled, a. Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.

Huller
Hull´er, n. 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.

Huloist
Hu´lo•ist, n. See Hyloist.

Hum, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hummed p. pr. & vb. n. Humming ] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. rad.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. [Cf. 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, v. t.
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, n.
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. [Cf. 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. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Venous hum. See under Venous.

Hum, interj. [Cf. Hem, interj.] Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.

Humanate
Hu´man•ate, a. [LL. humanatus.] Indued with humanity. [Obs.] Cranmer.

Humane
Hu•mane´, a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See Human.]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] 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, adv. — Hu•mane´ness, n.

Humanify
Hu•man´i•fy, v. t. 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, n.
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, n. [Cf. F. 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, a.
1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as humanistic devotion. Caird.
2. Pertaining to polite literature. M. Arnold.

Humanitarian
Hu•man•i•ta´ri•an, a.
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, n. [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]

Humanitian
Hu•ma•ni´tian, n. A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Humanity
Hu•man´i•ty, n. ; pl. Humanities (#). [L. humanitas: cf. F. humanite. 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. pl. (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 archaeology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literae humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, … by way of opposition to the literae divinae, or divinity. G. P. Marsh.

Humanize
Hu´man•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Humanized p. pr. & vb. n. Humanizing ] [Cf. F. 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. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as to humanize vaccine lymph.

Humanize
Hu´man•ize, v. i. 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, n. One who renders humane.

Humankind
Hu´man•kind, n. Mankind. Pope.

Humanly
Hu´man•ly, adv.
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. [Obs.] Pope.

Humanness
Hu´man•ness, n. The quality or state of being human.

Humate
Hu´mate, n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.) A salt of humic acid.

Humation
Hu•ma´tion, n. [L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage.] Interment; inhumation. [R.]

Humble
Hum´ble, a. [ Compar. Humbler superl. Humblest ] [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. 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 (Bot.), 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, a. Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]

Humble
Hum´ble, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Humbled p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

Humbleness
Hum´ble•ness, n. The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.

Humbler
Hum´bler, n. One who, or that which, humbles some one.

Humbles
Hum´bles, n. pl. [See Nombles.] Entrails of a deer. [Written also umbles.] Johnson.

Humbly
Hum´bly, adv. With humility; lowly. Pope.

Humbug
Hum´bug, n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.]
1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. Sir J. Stephen.

Humbug
Hum´bug, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Humbugged p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging ] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.

Humbuggery
Hum´bug•ger•y, n. The practice of imposition.

Humdrum
Hum´drum, a. Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." Bryant.

Humdrum
Hum´drum, n.
1. A dull fellow; a bore. B. Jonson.
2. Monotonous and tedious routine.
"Dissatisfied with humdrum." The Nation.
3. A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse. { Hu•mect´, Hu•mec´tate } v. t. [L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.] To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] Howell.

Humectant
Hu•mec´tant, a. [L. humectans, p. pr.] Diluent. — n. A diluent drink or medicine. [Obs.]

Humectation
Hu•mec•ta´tion, n. [L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation.] A moistening. [Obs.] Bacon.

Humective
Hu•mec´tive, a. Tending to moisten. [Obs.]

Humeral
Hu´mer•al, a. [L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. humeral.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial. Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.

Humerus
Hu´me•rus, n. ; pl. Humeri (#). [L.] (Anat.) (a) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. (b) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

Humic
Hu´mic, a. [L. humus the earth, ground: cf. F. humique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as humic acid. See Humin.

Humid
Hu´mid (hu"mid), a. [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. "ygro•s, Skr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. vökr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.] Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
"Evening cloud, or humid bow." Milton.

Humidity
Hu•mid´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. humidite.] Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; — used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing. In hygrometrical reports (as of the United States Signal Service) complete saturation of the air is designated by Humidity 100, and its partial saturation by smaller numbers.

Humidness
Hu´mid•ness, n. Humidity.

Humifuse
Hu´mi•fuse, a. [L. humus ground + fusus, p. p. of fundere to spread.] (Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray.

Humiliant
Hu•mil´i•ant, a. [L. humilians, p. pr. of humiliare.] Humiliating; humbling. "Humiliant thoughts." [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Humiliate
Hu•mil´i•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Humiliated p. pr. & vb. n. Humiliating.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of humiliare. See Humble.] To reduce to a lower position in one’s own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.
"We stand humiliated rather than encouraged." M. Arnold.

Humility
Hu•mil´i•ty, n. ; pl. Humilities (#). [OE. humilite, OF. humilite, humelite, F. humilite, fr. L. humiliatis. See Humble.]
1. The 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; self-abasement; humbleness.
"Serving the Lord with all humility of mind." Acts xx. 19.
2. An act of submission or courtesy.
"With these humilities they satisfied the young king." Sir J. Davies.
Syn. — Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence. — Humility, Modesty, Diffidence. Diffidence is a distrust of our powers, combined with a fear lest our failure should be censured, since a dread of failure unconnected with a dread of censure is not usually called diffidence. It may be carried too far, and is not always, like modesty and humility, a virtue. Modesty, without supposing self-distrust, implies an unwillingness to put ourselves forward, and an absence of all over-confidence in our own powers. Humility consists in rating our claims low, in being willing to waive our rights, and take a lower place than might be our due. It does not require of us to underrate ourselves.

Humiri
Hu•mi´ri, n. [From native name.] (Bot.) A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.

Humite
Hum´ite, n. [Named after Sir A. Hume.] (Min.) A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.

Hummel
Hum´mel, v. t. [Cf. Hamble.] To separate from the awns; — said of barley. [Scot.]

Hummel
Hum´mel, a. Having no awns or no horns; as hummelcorn; a hummel cow. [Scot.]

Hummeler
Hum´mel•er, n. [Written also hummeller.] One who, or a machine which, hummels.

Hummer
Hum´mer, n.
1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
2. (Zoöl.) A humming bird.

Humming
Hum´ming, a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

Humming
Hum´ming, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. — Humming bird (Zoöl.), any bird of the family Trochilidae, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are noted for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus colubris. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and Ruby-throat. — Humming-bird moth (Zoöl.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth, under Hawk, the bird.

Hummocky
Hum´mock•y, a. Abounding in hummocks.

Hummum
Hum´mum, n. [Per. or Ar. hamman.] A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert.

Humor
Hu´mor, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See Humid.] [Written also humour.]
1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as the humors of the eye, etc. The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended.
2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple.
3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as good humor; ill humor.
"Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind." Roscommon.
"A prince of a pleasant humor." Bacon.
"I like not the humor of lying." Shak.
4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
"Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humors to be endured?" South.
5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
"For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I’d almost said wit." Goldsmith.
"A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host." W. Irving.Aqueous humor, Crystalline humor or lens, Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See Eye. — Out of humor, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame of mind.
Syn. — Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood; frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See Wit.

Humor
Hu´mor, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Humored p. pr. & vb. n. Humoring.]
1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one’s self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as to humor the mind.
"It is my part to invent, and the musician’s to humor that invention." Dryden.
2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
"You humor me when I am sick." Pope.
Syn. — To gratify; to indulge. See Gratify.

Humoralism
Hu´mor•al•ism, n.
1. (Med.) The state or quality of being humoral.
2. (Med.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism. [Obs.]

Humoralist
Hu´mor•al•ist, n. One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.

Humorism
Hu´mor•ism, n.
1. (Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.
2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge.

Humorist
Hu´mor•ist, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.]
1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.
2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
"He [Roger de Coverley] … was a great humorist in all parts of his life." Addison.
3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
"The reputation of wits and humorists." Addison.

Humoristic
Hu•mor•is´tic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

Humorize
Hu´mor•ize, v. t. To humor. Marston.

Humorless
Hu´mor•less, a. Destitute of humor.

Humorous
Hu´mor•ous, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.]
1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
"All founts wells, all deeps humorous." Chapman.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne.
"Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind." Dryden.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.
Syn. — Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.

Humorousness
Hu´mor•ous•ness, n.
1. Moodiness; capriciousness.
2. Facetiousness; jocularity.

Humorsome
Hu´mor•some, a.
1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne.
"The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms." Burke.
2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.

Humorsomely
Hu´mor•some•ly, adv. Pleasantly; humorously.

Humorsomeness
Hu´mor•some•ness, n. Quality of being humorsome.

Hump, n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. Hunch.]
1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
2. (Zoöl.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

Hump, v. t.
1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; — often with up.
"The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes." T. Roosvelt.
2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia]
"Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush." C. L. Money.
3. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; — usually reflexively or with it; as you must hump yourself. [Slang, U. S.]
"A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow." McClure’s Mag.

Humpback
Hump´back, n. [Cf. Hunchback.]
1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.
2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis. (b) A small salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America.

Humpbacked salmon
Hump"backed• salm"on. A small salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.

Humped, a. Having a hump, as the back.

Humph, interj. [Of imitative origin.] An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.

Humpless
Hump´less, a. Without a hump. Darwin.

Hump-shouldered
Hump´-shoul•dered, a. Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.

Humpy
Hump´y, a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.

Humstrum
Hum´strum, n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

Humstrum
Hum´strum, n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

Humulin
Hu´mu•lin, n. [NL. Humulus, the genus including the hop.] An extract of hops.

Humus
Hu´mus, n. [L., the earth, ground, soil.] That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.

Hun, n. [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. Hnas, Hne, OHG. Hni, G. Hunnen.] One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.

Hunch, n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.]
1. A hump; a protuberance.
2. A lump; a thick piece; as a hunch of bread.
3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

Hunch, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hunched p. pr. & vb. n. Hunching.]
1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.

Hunch, n. A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; — said to be from the gambler’s superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback. [Colloq. or Slang]

Hunchback
Hunch´back, n. [Cf. Humpback.] A back with a hunch or hump; also a hunchbacked person.

Hundred
Hun´dred (hun"dred), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-raþjan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundrað, Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith. szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. "ekato•s, Skr. çata. rad.309. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb, Quintal, and Reason.]
1. The product of ten multiplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. also a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
"With many hundreds treading on his heels." Shak. The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc., often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as ten hundreds are one thousand.
2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen. Hundred court, a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. [Eng.] Blackstone.

Hundred
Hun´dred, a. Ten times ten; five score; as a hundred dollars.

Hundreder
Hun´dred•er, n.
1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
2. (Law) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs.
3. One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred. Blount. Cowell.

Hundredfold
Hun´dred•fold, n. A hundred times as much or as many.
"He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time." Mark x. 30.

Hundredth
Hun´dredth, a.
1. Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
2. Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.

Hundredth
Hun´dredth, n. One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.

Hundredweight
Hun´dred•weight, n. A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.

Hung, imp. & p. p. of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.

Hunger
Hun´ger, n. [AS. hungor; akin to OFries. hunger, D. honger, OS. & OHG. hungar, G. hunger, Icel. hungr, Sw. & Dan. hunger, Goth. hhrus hunger, huggrjan to hunger.]
1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food. The sensation of hunger is usually referred to the stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the sensory nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and perhaps also on indirect impressions from other organs, more or less exhausted from lack of nutriment.
2. Any strong eager desire.
"O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!" Spenser.
"For hunger of my gold I die." Dryden.

Hunger
Hun´ger, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hungered p. pr. & vb. n. Hungering.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See Hunger, n. ]
1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
2. To have an eager desire; to long.
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness." Matt. v. 6.

Hunger
Hun´ger, v. t. To make hungry; to famish. { Hun´ger-bit•, Hun´ger-bit•ten } a. Pinched or weakened by hunger. [Obs.] Milton.

Hungered
Hun´gered, a. Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.

Hungerer
Hun´ger•er, n. One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.

Hungerly
Hun´ger•ly, a. Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak.

Hungerly
Hun´ger•ly, adv. With keen appetite. [Obs.] Shak.

Hunger-starve
Hun´ger-starve, v. t. To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.] Shak.

Hungred
Hun´gred, a. Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]

Hungrily
Hun´gri•ly, adv. [From Hunger.] In a hungry manner; voraciously. Dryden.

Hunkerism
Hun´ker•ism, n. Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political Cant, U.S.]

Hunkers
Hun´kers, n. pl. [See Hunker.] In the phrase on one’s hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]
"Sit on your hunkers — and pray for the bridge." Kipling.

Hunky
Hunk´y, a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.] All right; in a good condition; also even; square. [Slang, U. S.]
"He … began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him." Stephen Crane.

Hunt’s-up
Hunt’s´-up, n. A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. [Obs.] Shak.
"Time plays the hunt’s-up to thy sleepy head." Drayton.

Hunt-counter
Hunt´-count•er, n. A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.

Hunte
Hunt´e, n. [AS. hunta.] A hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hunter
Hunt´er, n.
1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak.
3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as a fortune hunter a place hunter.
"No keener hunter after glory breathes." Tennyson.
5. (Zoöl.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover. Hunter’s room, the lunation after the harvest moon. — Hunter’s screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.

Huntsman
Hunts´man, n. ; pl. Huntsmen .
1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L’Estrange.Huntsman’s cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant ( Sarracenia purpurea).

Huntsmanship
Hunts´man•ship, n. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.

Hurden
Hur´den, n. [From Hurds.] A coarse kind of linen; — called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]

Hurds, n. [See Hards.] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.

Hurkaru
Hur•ka´ru, n. [Hind. harkara] In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]

Hurl, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hurled p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. rad.16. See Hurtle.]
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as to hurl a stone or lance.
"And hurl’d them headlong to their fleet and main." Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.
3. [Cf. Whirl.] To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.

Hurl, v. i.
1. To hurl one’s self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another).
"God shall hurl at him and not spare." Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

Hurl, n.
1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.
2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
3. (Hat Manuf.) A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

Hurlbat
Hurl´bat, n. See Whirlbat. [Obs.] Holland.

Hurling
Hurl´ing, n.
1. The act of throwing with force.
2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played.
"Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball." Carew.

Hurlwind
Hurl´wind, n. A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.

Hurly
Hur´ly, n. [Cf. F. hurler to howl.] Noise; confusion; uproar.
"That, with the hurly, death itself awakes." Shak.

Hurly-burly
Hur´ly-bur•ly, n. [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry.] Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak.
"All places were filled with tumult and hurly- burly." Knolles.

Huronian
Hu•ro´ni•an, a. [Named from Lake Huron.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to certain non- fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Archaean age.

Huron-Iroquous
Hu´ron-Ir•o•quous´, n. (Ethnol.) A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.

Hurons
Hu´rons, n. pl.; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.

Hurr, v. i. [See Hurry.] To make a rolling or burring sound. [Obs.]
"R is the dog’s letter, and hurreth in the sound." B. Jonson. { Hur•rah´Hur•ra´ }, interj. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. hurra. Cf. Huzza.] A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome.
"Hurrah! hurrah! for Ivry and Henry of Navarre." Macaulay.

Hurricane
Hur´ri•cane, n. [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; — especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.
"Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl’d." Tennyson.
"Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane." Massinger. Hurricane bird (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. — Hurricane deck. (Naut.) See under Deck.

Hurried
Hur´ried, a.
1. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as a hurried writer; a hurried life.
2. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as a hurried job. "A hurried meeting." Milton. — Hur´ried•ly, adv. — Hur´ried•ness, n.

Hurrier
Hur´ri•er, n. One who hurries or urges.

Hurries
Hur´ries, n. A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.

Hurry
Hur´ry, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hurried p. pr. & vb. n. Hurrying.] [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
"Impetuous lust hurries him on." South.
"They hurried him abroad a bark." Shak.
2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
"And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends." Shak.
3. To cause to be done quickly.
Syn. — To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge.

Hurry
Hur´ry, v. i. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as let us hurry. To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]

Hurry
Hur´ry, n. The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion.
"Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought." Addison.
Syn. — Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.

Hurry-skurry
Hur´ry-skur•ry, adv. [An imitative word; cf. Sw. skorra to rattle, snarl, E. scurry.] Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.

Hurst, n. [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.] A wood or grove; — a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazle hurst.

Hurt, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.

Hurt, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hurt p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
"The hurt lion groans within his den." Dryden.
2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
"Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt." Milton.
3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt." Thackeray.

Hurtle
Hur´tle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hurtled p. pr. & vb. n. Hurtling ] [OE. hurtlen, freq. of hurten. See Hurt, v. t., and cf. Hurl.]
1. To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
"Together hurtled both their steeds." Fairfax.
2. To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
"Now hurtling round, advantage for to take." Spenser.
"Down the hurtling cataract of the ages." R. L. Stevenson.
3. To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
"The noise of battle hurtled in the air." Shak.
"The earthquake sound Hurtling ’death the solid ground." Mrs. Browning.

Hurtle
Hur´tle, v. t.
1. To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish. [Obs.]
"His harmful club he gan to hurtle high." Spenser.
2. To push; to jostle; to hurl.
"And he hurtleth with his horse adown." Chaucer.

Hurtleberry
Hur´tle•ber•ry, n. [Cf. Huckleberry, Whortleberry.] See Whortleberry.

Husband
Hus´band, n. [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. hsbonda master of the house; hs house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. hsbondi house master, husband; hs house + bandi dwelling, inhabiting, p. pr. of ba to dwell; akin to AS. ban, Goth. bauan. See House Be, and cf. Bond a slave, Boor.]
1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.]
2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak.
"The painful husband, plowing up his ground." Hakewill.
"He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations." Evelyn.
3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.]
"God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me." Fuller.
4. A married man; a man who has a wife; — the correlative to wife.
"The husband and wife are one person in law." Blackstone.
5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden. A ship’s husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.

Husband
Hus´band, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Husbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Husbanding.]
1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
"For my means, I’ll husband them so well, They shall go far." Shak.
2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
"Land so trim and rarely husbanded." Evelyn.
3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.

Husbandage
Hus´band•age, n. (Naut.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship’s husband.

Husbandless
Hus´band•less, a. Destitute of a husband. Shak.

Husbandly
Hus´band•ly, a. Frugal; thrifty. [R.] Tusser.

Husbandman
Hus´band•man, n. ; pl. Husbandmen .
1. The master of a family. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Husbandry
Hus´band•ry, n.
1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
"There’s husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out." Shak.
2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.
"Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food." Spenser.

Hush, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hushed p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]
1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
"My tongue shall hush again this storm of war." Shak.
2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
"With thou, then, Hush my cares?" Otway.
"And hush’d my deepest grief of all." Tennyson. To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.

Hush, v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; — esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
"Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill." Keble.
"But all these strangers’ presence every one did hush." Spenser.

Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night." Byron. Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.

Hush, a. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.

Husher
Hush´er, n. An usher. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hushing
Hush´ing, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; — also called booming.

Husk, n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.

Husk, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Husked p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as to husk Indian corn.

Huskily
Hus´ki•ly, adv. [From Husky.] In a husky manner; dryly.

Husking
Husk´ing, n.
1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; — called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.

Husky
Husk´y, a. [From Husk, n. ] Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Dryden.

Husky
Hus´ky, a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS. hwosta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. hosti. See Wheeze.] Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as a husky voice.

Husky
Hus´ky, a. Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]
"A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard." Hamlin Garland.

Husky
Hus´ky, n. ; pl. - kies (#). [Cf. Eskimo.]
1. An Eskimo; also an Eskimo dog.
2. The Eskimo language.

Hussar
Hus•sar´, n. [Hung. huszár, from husz twenty, because under King Matthais I., in the fifteenth century, every twenty houses were to furnish one horse soldier; cf. G. husar, F. houssard, hussard, from the same source.] (Mil.) Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.

Hussite
Huss´ite, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.

Hussy
Hus´sy, n. [Contr. fr. huswife.]
1. A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.]
2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; — used as a term of contempt or reproach. Grew.
3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; — used jocosely. Goldsmith.

Hussy
Hus´sy, n. [From Icel. hsi a case, prob. fr. hs house. See House, and cf. Housewife a bag, Huswife a bag.] A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.

Huswife
Hus´wife, n. [OE. huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. Hussy a housewife, Housewife.] [Written also housewife.]
1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. "The bounteous huswife Nature." Shak.
"The huswife is she that do labor doth fall." Tusser.
2. A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak.
3. [See Hussy a bag.] A case for sewing materials. See Housewife. Cowper.

Huswife
Hus´wife, v. t. To manage with frugality; — said of a woman. Dryden.

Huswifely
Hus´wife•ly, a. Like a huswife; capable; economical; prudent. — adv. In a huswifely manner.

Huswifery
Hus´wife•ry, n. The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill. Tusser.

Hut, n. [OE. hotte; akin to D. hut, G. hütte, OHG. hutta, Dan. hytte, Sw. hydda; and F. hutte, of G. origin; all akin to E. hide to conceal. See Hude to conceal.] A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.
"Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut". Bp. Coxe.

Huttonian
Hut•to´ni•an, a. Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. Lyell.

Huttoning
Hut´ton•ing, n. [So named after two English bonesetters, Richard and Robert Hutton, who made it a part of their method.] (Med.) Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff, or painful joint.

Huxter
Hux´ter, n. & v. i. See Huckster.