Part 5430

<hw>Hul*lo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>See <er>Hollo</er>.</def>

<h1>Hully</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hull"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having or containing hulls.</def>

<h1>Huloist</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu"lo*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hyloist</er>.</def>

<h1>Hulotheism</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hu"lo*the*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hylotheism</er>.</def>

<h1>Hulver</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hul"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hulfere</ets>; prob. akin to E. <ets>holly</ets>.]</ety> <def>Holly, an evergreen shrub or tree.</def>

<h1>Hum</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hummed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Humming</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Of imitative origin; cf. G. <ets>hummen</ets>, D. <ets>hommelen</ets>. &root;15.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; <as>as, a top <ex>hums</ex></as>.</def>

<i>P. Fletcher.</i>

<blockquote>Still <b>humming</b> on, their drowsy course they keep. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter <i>m</i> prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.</def>

<blockquote>The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And <b>hums</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Hum</er>, <ets>interj</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make an inarticulate sound, like <i>h'm</i>, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To express satisfaction by a humming noise.</def>

<blockquote>Here the spectators <b>hummed</b>. <i>Trial of the Regicides.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.</note>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To have the sensation of a humming noise; <as>as, my head <ex>hums</ex>, -- a pathological condition</as>.</def>

<h1>Hum</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hum</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; <as>as, to <ex>hum</ex> a tune</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To express satisfaction with by humming.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.</def> <mark>[Colloq. & Low]</mark>

<h1>Hum</h1> <Xpage=711>

<hw>Hum</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.</def>

<blockquote>The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy <b>hums</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any inarticulate and buzzing sound</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; <as>as, the <ex>hum</ex> of industry</as>.</def>