Part 5439

<hw>Hum"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.</def>

<i>Ainsworth.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A humming bird.</def>

<h1>Humming</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"ming</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.</def>

<h1>Humming</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"ming</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.</def>

<cs><col>Hummingale</col>, <cd>lively or strong ale. <i>Dryden</i>.</cd> -- <col>Humming bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any bird of the family <spn>Trochilid\'91</spn>, 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 <spn>Trochilus culubris</spn>. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See <er>Calliope</er>, and <er>Ruby-throat</er>.</cd> -- <col>Humming-bird moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a hawk moth. See <cref>Hawk moth</cref>, under <er>Hawk</er>, the bird.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hummock</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"mock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. a dim. of <ets>hump</ets>. See <er>Hump</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Timbered land. See <er>Hammock</er>.</def> <mark>[Southern U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Hummocking</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"mock*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.</def>

<i>Kane.</i>

<h1>Hummocky</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"mock*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abounding in hummocks.</def>

<h1>Hummum</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hum"mum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. or Ar. <ets>hamm\'ben</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sweating bath or place for sweating.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Humor</h1> <Xpage=712>

<hw>Hu"mor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>humour</ets>, OF. <ets>humor</ets>, <ets>umor</ets>, F. <ets>humeur</ets>, L. <ets>humor</ets>, <ets>umor</ets>, moisture, fluid, fr. <ets>humere</ets>, <ets>umere</ets>, to be moist. See <er>Humid</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>humour</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>humors</ex> of the eye, etc.</as></def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.</def> "A body full of <i>humors</i>."

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, good <ex>humor</ex>; ill <ex>humor</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Examine how your <b>humor</b> is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. <i>Roscommon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A prince of a pleasant <b>humor</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>