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.
HULLHull, v. i.
Defn: To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.
HULLABALOOHul`la*ba*loo", n. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.]
Defn: A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
HULLEDHulled, a.
Defn: Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.
HULLERHull"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
HULLOHul*lo", interj.
Defn: See Hollo.
HULLYHull"y, a.
Defn: Having or containing hulls.
HULOISTHu"lo*ist, n.
Defn: See Hyloist.
HULOTHEISMHu"lo*the*ism, n.
Defn: See Hylotheism.
HULVERHul"ver, n. Etym: [OE. hulfere; prob. akin to E. holly.]
Defn: Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.
HUM Hum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Humming.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. sq. root15.]
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. Etym: [Cf. Hum, interj.]
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
HUMHum, 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]
HUMHum, 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. Etym: [Cf. Hem, interj.]
Defn: 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. Etym: [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.]
Defn: A kind of strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Venous hum. See under Venous.
HUMHum, interj. Etym: [Cf. Hem, interj.]
Defn: Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.
HUMANHu"man, a. Etym: [L. humanus; akin to homo man: cf. F. humain. SeeHomage, and cf. Humane, Omber.]
Defn: 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.
HUMANHu"man, n.
Defn: A human being. [Colloq.]Sprung of humans that inhabit earth. Chapman.We humans often find ourselves in strange position. Prof. Wilson.
HUMANATEHu"man*ate, a. Etym: [LL. humanatus.]
Defn: Indued with humanity. [Obs.] Cranmer.
HUMANEHu*mane", a. Etym: [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.
HUMANICSHu*man"ics, n.
Defn: The study of human nature. [R.] T. W. Collins.
HUMANIFYHu*man"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To make human; to invest with a human personality; toincarnate. [R.]The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson.
HUMANISMHu"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.
HUMANISTHu"man*ist, n. Etym: [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 purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.
3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.
HUMANISTICHu`man*is"tic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird.
2. Pertaining to polite kiterature. M. Arnold.
HUMANITARIANHu*man`i*ta"ri*an, a.
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
Defn: Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.
2. (Philos.)
Defn: 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]
HUMANITARIANHu*man`i*ta"ri*an, n. Etym: [From Humanity.]
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
Defn: One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
2. (Philos.)
Defn: 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]
HUMANITARIANISMHu*man`i*ta"ri*an*ism, n.
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.
HUMANITIANHu`ma*ni"tian, n.
Defn: A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
HUMANITY Hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Humanities. Etym: [L. humanitas: cf. F. 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. pl. (With definite article)
Defn: The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
Note: 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.
HUMANIZATIONHu*man`i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of humanizing. M. Arnold.
HUMANIZEHu"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humanized; p. pr. & vb. n.Humanizing.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
HUMANIZEHu"man*ize, v. i.
Defn: 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.
HUMANIZERHu"man*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who renders humane.
HUMANKINDHu"man*kind`, n.
Defn: Mankind. Pope.
HUMANLYHu"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.
HUMANNESSHu"man*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being human.
HUMATEHu"mate, n. Etym: [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of humic acid.
HUMATION Hu*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage.]
Defn: Interment; inhumation. [R.]
HUMBIRDHum"bird`, n.
Defn: Humming bird.
HUMBLE Hum"ble, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.] Etym: [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.
HUMBLEHum"ble, a.
Defn: Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
HUMBLEHum"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.
HUMBLEBEE Hum"ble*bee`, n. Etym: [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. sq. root15. Cf. Bumblebee.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bumblebee. Shak.
HUMBLEHEADHum"ble*head`, n. Etym: [Humble + -head.]
Defn: Humble condition or estate; humility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HUMBLENESSHum"ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.
HUMBLERHum"bler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, humbles some one.
HUMBLESHum"bles, n. pl. Etym: [See Nombles.]
Defn: Entrails of a deer. [Written also umbles.] Johnson.
HUMBLESSEHum"blesse, n. Etym: [OF.]
Defn: Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
HUMBLYHum"bly, adv.
Defn: With humility; lowly. Pope.
HUMBUG Hum"bug`, n. Etym: [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.
HUMBUGHum"bug`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging.]
Defn: To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
HUMBUGGERHum"bug`ger, n.
Defn: One who humbugs.
HUMBUGGERYHum"bug`ger*y, n.
Defn: The practice of imposition.
HUMDRUMHum"drum`, a.
Defn: Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." Bryant.
HUMDRUMHum"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.
HUMECT; HUMECTATE Hu*mect", Hu*mec"tate, v. t. Etym: [L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.]
Defn: To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] Howell.
HUMECTANTHu*mec"tant, a. Etym: [L. humectans, p.pr.]
Defn: Diluent.— n.
Defn: A diluent drink or medicine. [Obs.]
HUMECTATIONHu`mec*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation.]
Defn: A moistening. [Obs.] Bacon.
HUMECTIVEHu*mec"tive, a.
Defn: Tending to moisten. [Obs.]
HUMERALHu"mer*al, a. Etym: [L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. huméral.](Anat.)
Defn: 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. Etym: [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.
HUMICHu"mic, a. Etym: [L. humus the earth, ground: cf. F. humique.](Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid.See Humin.
HUMICUBATION Hu`mi*cu*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. humus the ground + cubare to lie down.]
Defn: The act or practice of lying on the ground. [Obs.] Abp.Bramhall.
HUMID Hu"mid, a. Etym: [L. humidus, umidus, fr. humere, umere, to be moist; akin to uvidus moist, Gr. uksh to wet, sprinkle, and Icel. vökr moist, and perh. to E. ox: cf. F. humide.]
Defn: Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair oratmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting ofwater or vapor.Evening cloud, or humid bow. Milton.
HUMIDITYHu*mid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. humidité.]
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
HUMIDNESSHu"mid*ness, n.
Defn: Humidity.
HUMIFUSE Hu"mi*fuse, a. Etym: [L. humus ground + fusus, p.p. of fundere to spread.] (Bot.)
Defn: Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray.
HUMILIANTHu*mil"i*ant, a. Etym: [L. humilians, p.pr. of humiliare.]
Defn: Humiliating; humbling. "Humiliant thoughts." [R.] Mrs.Browning.
HUMILIATEHu*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated; p. pr. & vb. n.Humiliating.] Etym: [L. humiliatus, p.p. of humiliare. See Humble.]
Defn: 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.
HUMILIATIONHu*mil`i*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. humiliatio: cf. F. humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification. Bp. Hopkins.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission. The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a humiliation of manhood. Hooker.
HUMILITY Hu*mil"i*ty, n.; pl. Humilities. Etym: [OE. humilite, OF. humilité, humelité, F. humilité, 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.
HUMINHu"min, n. Etym: [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.)
Defn: A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and carbohydrates; — called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.
HUMIRIHu*mi"ri, n. Etym: [From native name.] (Bot.)
Defn: A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genusHumirium.
HUMITEHum"ite, n. Etym: [Named after Sir A.Hume.] (Min.)
Defn: 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.
HUMMELHum"mel, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Hamble.]
Defn: To separate from the awns; — said of barley. [Scot.]
HUMMELHum"mel, a.
Defn: Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow.[Scot.]
HUMMELERHum"mel*er, n. Etym: [Written also hummeller.]
Defn: One who, or a machine which, hummels.
HUMMERHum"mer, n.
1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A humming bird.
HUMMINGHum"ming, a.
Defn: Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
HUMMINGHum"ming, n.
Defn: 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 Trochilidæ, 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 not 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 culubris. 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.
HUMMOCKHum"mock, n. Etym: [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.]
1. A 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.
3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
HUMMOCKINGHum"mock*ing, n.
Defn: The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.Kane.
HUMMOCKYHum"mock*y, a.
Defn: Abounding in hummocks.
HUMMUMHum"mum, n. Etym: [Per. or Ar. hamman.]
Defn: A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert.
HUMORHu"mor, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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.)
Defn: 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.
Defn: Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks;vagaries; whims.Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion Has he nothumors 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.
HUMORHu"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.
HUMORALHu"mor*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. humoral.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body.
HUMORALISMHu"mor*al*ism, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: The state or quality of being humoral.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism.[Obs.]
HUMORALISTHu"mor*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
HUMORISMHu"mor*ism, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
HUMORISTHu"mor*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. humoriste.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
HUMORISTICHu`mor*is"tic, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
HUMORIZEHu"mor*ize, v. t.
Defn: To humor. Marston.
HUMORLESSHu"mor*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of humor.
HUMOROUSHu"mor*ous, a. Etym: [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.
HUMOROUSLYHu"mor*ous*ly, adv.
1. Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.
2. Facetiously; wittily.
HUMOROUSNESSHu"mor*ous*ness, n.
1. Moodiness; capriciousness.
2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
HUMORSOMEHu"mor*some, a.
1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne. The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.
2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.
HUMORSOMELYHu"mor*some*ly, adv.
Defn: Pleasantly; humorously.
HUMORSOMENESSHu"mor*some*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being humorsome.
HUMP Hump, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
HUMPBACKHump"back`, n. Etym: [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.
HUMPBACKEDHump"backed`, a.
Defn: Having a humped back.
HUMPBACKED SALMONHump"backed` salm"on.
Defn: 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.
HUMPEDHumped, a.
Defn: Having a hump, as the back.
HUMPHHumph, interj. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Defn: An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
HUMPLESSHump"less, a.
Defn: Without a hump. Darwin.
HUMP-SHOULDEREDHump"-shoul`dered, a.
Defn: Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
HUMPYHump"y, a.
Defn: Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
HUMSTRUMHum"strum`, n.
Defn: An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
HUMULINHu"mu*lin, n. Etym: [NL. Humulus, the genus including the hop.]
Defn: An extract of hops.
HUMUSHu"mus, n. Etym: [L., the earth, ground, soil.]
Defn: That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.
HUNHun, n. Etym: [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. H, H, OHG.H, G. Hunnen.]
Defn: One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
HUNCHHunch, n. Etym: [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.
HUNCHHunch, 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.
HUNCHBACKHunch"back`, n. Etym: [Cf. Humpback.]
Defn: A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
HUNCHBACKEDHunch"backed`, a.
Defn: Having a humped back.
HUNDRED Hun"dred, n. Etym: [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-ra to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra, Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith. szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. çata. sq. root309. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb, Quintal, and Reason.]
1. The product of ten mulitplied 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.
Note: 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.
HUNDREDHun"dred, a.
Defn: Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
HUNDREDERHun"dred*er, n.
1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
2. (Law)
Defn: 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.
HUNDREDFOLDHun"dred*fold`, n.
Defn: A hundred times as much or as many.He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.
HUNDREDTHHun"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.
HUNDREDTHHun"dredth, n.
Defn: One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
HUNDREDWEIGHTHun"dred*weight`, n.
Defn: 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, beingthe legal ton.
HUNGHung, imp. & p. p.
Defn: of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.
HUNGARIANHun*ga"ri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary.— n.
Defn: A native or one of the people of Hungary. Hungarian grass. SeeItalian millet, under Millet.
HUNGARYHun"ga*ry, n.
Defn: A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.
HUNGER Hun"ger, n. Etym: [AS. hungor; akin to OFries. hunger, D. honger, OS. & OHG. hungar, G. hunger, Icel. hungr, Sw. & Dan. hunger, Goth. h hunger, huggrjan to hunger.]
1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
Note: 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.
HUNGERHun"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hungered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hungering.]Etym: [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.
HUNGERHun"ger, v. t.
Defn: To make hungry; to famish.
HUNGER-BIT; HUNGER-BITTENHun"ger-bit`, Hun"ger-bit`ten, a.
Defn: Pinched or weakened by hunger. [Obs.] Milton.
HUNGEREDHun"gered, a.
Defn: Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.
HUNGERERHun"ger*er, n.
Defn: One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.
HUNGERLYHun"ger*ly, a.
Defn: Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNGERLYHun"ger*ly, adv.
Defn: With keen appetite. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNGER-STARVEHun"ger-starve`, v. t.
Defn: To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNGREDHun"gred, a.
Defn: Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]
HUNGRILYHun"gri*ly, adv. Etym: [From Hunger.]
Defn: In a hungry manner; voraciously. Dryden.
HUNGRY Hun"gry, a. [Compar. Hungrier; superl. Hungriest.] Etym: [AS. hungrid. See Hunger.]
1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley. Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.
3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "The hungry beach." Shak.
HUNKHunk, n. Etym: [Cf. Hunch.]
Defn: A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.]
HUNKERHun"ker, n.
Defn: Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]
HUNKERISMHun"ker*ism, n.
Defn: Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political Cant,U.S.]
HUNKERSHun"kers, n. pl. [See Hunker.]
Defn: 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.
HUNKSHunks, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks. Gray.
HUNKYHunk"y, a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.]
Defn: 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.
HUNTHunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] Etym:[AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin (incomp.) to seize. sq. root36. Cf. Hent.]
1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.
2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; — often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.
3. To drive; to chase; — with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
HUNTHunt, v. i.
1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
2. To seek; to pursue; to search; — with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNTHunt, n.
1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
4. An association of huntsmen.
5. A district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.
HUNT-COUNTERHunt"-count`er, n.
Defn: A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.[Obs.] Shak.
HUNTEHunt"e, n. Etym: [AS. hunta.]
Defn: A hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HUNTERHunt"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.)
Defn: 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.
HUNTERIANHun*te"ri*an, a.
Defn: Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
HUNTINGHunt"ing, n.
Defn: The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith. Happy huntinggrounds, the region to which, according to the belief of AmericanIndians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to behappy in hunting and feasting. Tylor.— Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).— Hunting cat (Zoöl.), the cheetah.— Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheelswhich makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smallerwheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs ofteeth.— Hunting dog (Zoöl.), the hyena dog.— Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp.(pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians insearch of game.— Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See Horn, andBulge.— Hunting leopard (Zoöl.), the cheetah.— Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting.— Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. Gray.— Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather.— Hunting spider (Zoöl.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead ofcatching it in a web; a wolf spider.— Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.
HUNTRESSHunt"ress, n.
Defn: A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.Shak.
HUNTSMANHunts"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).
HUNTSMANSHIPHunts"man*ship, n.
Defn: The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
HUNT'S-UPHunt's"-up`, n.
Defn: 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.
HURDENHur"den, n. Etym: [From Hurds.]
Defn: A coarse kind of linen; — called also harden. [Prov. Eng.]
HURDLE Hur"dle, n. Etym: [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D. horde, OHG. hurt, G. hürde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur door, Goth. haúrds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. k to spin, c to bind, connect. sq. root16. Cf. Crate, Grate, n.]
1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. Bacon.
3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race. Hurdle race, a race in which artificial barriers in the form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.
HURDLEHur"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurdleed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurdleing.]
Defn: To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. Milton.
HURDLEWORKHur"dle*work`, n.
Defn: Work after manner of a hurdle.
HURDSHurds, n. Etym: [See Hards.]
Defn: The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
HURDY-GURDYHur"dy-gur`dy, n. Etym: [Prob. of imitative origin.]
1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
2. In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
HURKARUHur*ka"ru, n. Etym: [Hind. harkara]
Defn: In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]
HURLHurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] Etym:[OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, orprobably akin to E. whirl. sq. root16. 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. Etym: [Cf. Whirl.]
Defn: To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.
HURLHurl, 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.
HURLHurl, 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.)
Defn: A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
HURLBATHurl"bat`, n.
Defn: See Whirlbat. [Obs.] Holland.
HURLBONEHurl"bone`, n.
1. See Whirlbone.
2. (Far.)
Defn: A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.
HURLERHurl"er, n.
Defn: One who hurls, or plays at hurling.
HURLINGHurl"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.
HURLWINDHurl"wind`, n.
Defn: A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.
HURLYHur"ly, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hurler to howl.]
Defn: Noise; confusion; uproar.That, with the hurly, death itself awakes. Shak.
HURLY-BURLY Hur"ly-bur`ly, n. Etym: [Reduplicated fr. OE. hurly confusion: cf. F. hurler to howl, yell, L. ululare; or cf. E. hurry.]
Defn: Tumult; bustle; confusion. Shak.All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly. Knolles.
HURONIANHu*ro"ni*an, a. Etym: [Named from Lake Huron.] (Geol.)
Defn: 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 Archæan age.
HURON-IROQUOUSHu"ron-Ir`o*quous", n. (Ethnol.)
Defn: 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.
HURONSHu"rons, n. pl.
Defn: ; 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.
HURRHurr, v. i. Etym: [See Hurry.]
Defn: To make a rolling or burring sound. [Obs.]R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound. B. Jonson.
HURRAH; HURRAHur*rah" Hur*ra", interj. Etym: [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. hurra. Cf.Huzza.]
Defn: A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome. Hurrah! hurrah! for Ivry and Henry of Navarre. Macaulay.
HURRAHHur*rah", n.
Defn: A cheer; a shout of joy, etc. Hurrah's nest, state of utmost confusion. [Colloq. U.S.] A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. Mrs. Stowe.
HURRAHHur*rah", v. i.
Defn: To utter hurrahs; to huzza.
HURRAHHur*rah", v. t.
Defn: To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.
HURRICANE Hur"ri*cane, n. Etym: [Sp. hurracan; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.]
Defn: A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and suddenchanges of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, andlightning; — especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Alsoused 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.
HURRICANOHur`ri*ca"no, n.; pl. Hurricanoes.
Defn: A waterspout; a hurricane. [Obs.] Drayton. "You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout." Shak.
HURRIEDHur"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. "Ahurried meeting." Milton.— Hur"ried*ly, adv.— Hur"ried*ness, n.
HURRIERHur"ri*er, n.
Defn: One who hurries or urges.
HURRIESHur"ries, n.
Defn: 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.] Etym: [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.
HURRYHur"ry, v. i.
Defn: To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry. To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]
HURRYHur"ry, n.
Defn: The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency;bustle; confusion.Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and putsinto a violent hurry of thought. Addison.
Syn.— Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.
HURRYINGLYHur"ry*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a hurrying manner.
HURRY-SKURRY Hur"ry-skur`ry, adv. Etym: [An imitative word; cf. Sw. skorra to rattle, snarl, E. scurry.]
Defn: Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.
HURST Hurst, n. Etym: [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.]
Defn: A wood or grove; — a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.
HURT Hurt, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
HURT Hurt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] Etym: [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.
HURTERHurt"er, n.
1. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like. The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke.
2. An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain;as of sin.But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels.Tennyson.
3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief. Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.
Syn. — Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage.
HURTERHurt"er, n.
Defn: One who hurts or does harm.I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
HURTERHurt"er, n. Etym: [F. heurtoir, lit., a striker. See Hurt, v. t.]
Defn: A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.
HURTFULHurt"ful, a.
Defn: Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
Syn.— Pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental;disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious; unwholesome;destructive.— Hurt"ful*ly, adv.— Hurt"ful*ness, n.