Part 5443

<hw>Hump"-shoul`dered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having high, hunched shoulders.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Humpy</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hump"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.</def>

<h1>Humstrum</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hum"strum`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.</def>

<h1>Humulin</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hu"mu*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Humulus</ets>, the genus including the hop.]</ety> <def>An extract of hops.</def>

<h1>Humus</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hu"mus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., the earth, ground, soil.]</ety> <def>That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils.</def>

<i>Graham.</i>

<h1>Hun</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Hunni</ets>, also <ets>Chunni</ets>, and <ets>Chuni</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>H<?/nas</ets>, <ets>H<?/ne</ets>, OHG. <ets>H<?/ni</ets>, G. <ets>Hunnen</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.</def>

<h1>Hunch</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hunch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. akin to <ets>huckle</ets>; cf. <ets>hump</ets>, <ets>hunch</ets>, <ets>bunch</ets>, <ets>hunk</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hump; a protuberance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lump; a thick piece; <as>as, a <ex>hunch</ex> of bread</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A push or thrust, as with the elbow.</def>

<h1>Hunch</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hunch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hunched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hunching</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Hunchback</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hunch"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Humpback</er>.]</ety> <def>A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.</def>

<h1>Hunchbacked</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hunch"backed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a humped back.</def>

<h1>Hundred</h1> <Xpage=713>

<hw>Hun"dred</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hundred</ets>, AS. <ets>hundred</ets> a territorial division; <ets>hund</ets> hundred + a word akin to Goth. <ets>ga-ra<?/jan</ets> to count, L. <ets>ratio</ets> reckoning, account; akin to OS. <ets>hunderod</ets>, <ets>hund</ets>, D. <ets>hondred</ets>, G. <ets>hundert</ets>, OHG. also <ets>hunt</ets>, Icel. <ets>hundra<?/</ets>, Dan. <ets>hundrede</ets>, Sw. <ets>hundra</ets>, <ets>hundrade</ets>, Goth. <ets>hund</ets>, Lith. <ets>szimtas</ets>, Russ. <ets>sto</ets>, W. <ets>cant</ets>, Ir. <ets>cead</ets>, L. <ets>centum</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>\'87ata</ets>. &root;309. Cf. <er>Cent</er>, <er>Century</er>, <er>Hecatomb</er>, <er>Quintal</er>, and <er>Reason</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>With many <b>hundreds</b> treading on his heels. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>