Part 933

Hu"mor*some (?), a. 1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne.

The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms.

Burke.

2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.

Hu"mor*some*ly, adv. Pleasantly; humorously.

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. (Zoˆl.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

Hump"back` (?), n. [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.

2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.

3. (Zoˆl.) (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.

Hump"backed` (?), a. Having a humped back.

Humped (?), a. Having a hump, as the back.

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

Hump"less (?), a. Without a hump. Darwin.

Hump"-shoul`dered (?), a. Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.

Hump"y (?), a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.

Hum"strum` (?), n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

Hu"mu*lin (?), n. [NL. Humulus, the genus including the hop.] An extract of hops.

||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. H&?;nas, H&?;ne, OHG. H&?;ni, 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"back` (?), n. [Cf. Humpback.] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.

Hunch"backed` (?), a. Having a humped back.