English Dictionary: Heimfliegen | by the DICT Development Group |
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Water feather \Wa"ter feath"er\ Water feather-foil \Wa"ter feath"er-foil`\ (Bot.) The water violet ({Hottonia palustris}); also, the less showy American plant {H. inflata}. | |
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H91moplastic \H[91]mo*plas"tic\, a. Same as {H[91]matoplastic}. | |
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Hamble \Ham"ble\, v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamal[omac]n to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf. {Hamper} to fetter.] To hamstring. [Obs.] | |
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d8Hemiplegia \[d8]Hem`i*ple"gi*a\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] half + [?] a stroke; cf. F. h[82]miplagie.] (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- {Hem`i"pleg"ic}, a. | |
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Hemiplegy \Hem"i*ple`gy\, n. (Med.) Hemiplegia. | |
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Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in appearance. Plate \Plate\, n. 1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or {home plate}. 2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal. 3. A very light steel racing horsehoe. 4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake. 5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's Cant] 6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance. | |
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Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. [?]. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate. 2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton. 3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. 4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. 5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. 6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver money. [Obs.] [bd]Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket.[b8] --Shak. 7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate. 8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates. 9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. 10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters. 11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. 12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. 13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest. Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases of obvious signification; as, plate basket or plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack. {Home plate}. (Baseball) See {Home base}, under {Home}. {Plate armor}. (a) See {Plate}, n., 2. (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels, fortifications, and the like. {Plate bone}, the shoulder blade, or scapula. {Plate girder}, a girder, the web of which is formed of a single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates riveted together. {Plate glass}. See under {Glass}. {Plate iron}, wrought iron plates. {Plate layer}, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway and fixes them to the sleepers or ties. {Plate mark}, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the local mark for London is a lion. {Plate paper}, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates. --Fairholt. {Plate press}, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, -- used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates. {Plate printer}, one who prints from engraved plates. {Plate printing}, the act or process of printing from an engraved plate or plates. {Plate tracery}. (Arch.) See under {Tracery}. {Plate wheel} (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by arms or spokes. | |
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Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in appearance. Plate \Plate\, n. 1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or {home plate}. 2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal. 3. A very light steel racing horsehoe. 4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake. 5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's Cant] 6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance. | |
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Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. [?]. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate. 2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton. 3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. 4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. 5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. 6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver money. [Obs.] [bd]Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket.[b8] --Shak. 7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate. 8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates. 9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. 10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters. 11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. 12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. 13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest. Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases of obvious signification; as, plate basket or plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack. {Home plate}. (Baseball) See {Home base}, under {Home}. {Plate armor}. (a) See {Plate}, n., 2. (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels, fortifications, and the like. {Plate bone}, the shoulder blade, or scapula. {Plate girder}, a girder, the web of which is formed of a single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates riveted together. {Plate glass}. See under {Glass}. {Plate iron}, wrought iron plates. {Plate layer}, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway and fixes them to the sleepers or ties. {Plate mark}, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the local mark for London is a lion. {Plate paper}, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates. --Fairholt. {Plate press}, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, -- used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates. {Plate printer}, one who prints from engraved plates. {Plate printing}, the act or process of printing from an engraved plate or plates. {Plate tracery}. (Arch.) See under {Tracery}. {Plate wheel} (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by arms or spokes. | |
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Home-felt \Home"-felt`\ (-f[ecr]lt`), a. Felt in one's own breast; inward; private. [bd]Home-felt quiet.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Homefield \Home"field`\ (-f[emac]ld`), n. A field adjacent to its owner's home. --Hawthorne. | |
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Homophylic \Ho`mo*phyl"ic\, a. (Biol.) Relating to homophily. | |
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Homophyly \Ho*moph"y*ly\, n. [Homo- + Gr. [?] a clan.] (Biol.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. --Haeckel. | |
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Homoplasmy \Ho"mo*plas`my\, n. [Homo- + Gr. [?] anything formed, fr. [?] to form, mold.] (Biol.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances. | |
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Homoplast \Hom"o*plast\, n. (Biol.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homo[94]rgan. | |
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Homoplastic \Ho`mo*plas"tic\, a. [Homo- + plastic.] Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms. | |
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Homoplasty \Ho"mo*plas`ty\, n. [Homo- + plasty.] (Biol.) The formation of homologous tissues. | |
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Homoplasy \Ho*mop"la*sy\, n. [Homo- + Gr. [?] to form, mold.] (Biol.) See {Homogeny}. | |
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Homopolic \Ho`mo*pol"ic\, a. [Homo- + pole.] (Biol.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See {Promorphology}. | |
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Honey \Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[86]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. [?] dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. The honey of his language. --Shak. 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer. Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak. Note: Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. {Honey ant} (Zo[94]l.), a small ant ({Myrmecocystus melliger}), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. {Honey badger} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. {Honey bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kinkajou}. {Honey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus {Pernis}. The European species is {P. apivorus}; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is {P. ptilorhyncha}. They feed upon honey and the larv[91] of bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}. {Honey creeper} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}, abundant in Central and South America. {Honey easter} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family {Meliphagid[91]}, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also {honeysucker}. {Honey flower} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus {Melianthus}, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. {Honey guide} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family {Indicatorid[91]}, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also {honeybird}, and {indicator}. {Honey harvest}, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden. {Honey kite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Honey buzzard} (above). {Honey locust} (Bot.), a North American tree ({Gleditschia triacanthos}), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. {Honey month}. Same as {Honeymoon}. {Honey weasel} (Zo[94]l.), the ratel. | |
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Humble \Hum"ble\, a. Hornless. See {Hummel}. [Scot.] | |
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Humble \Hum"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. | |
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Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.] [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. | |
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Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.] [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. | |
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Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. {Humblebee}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large bee of the genus {Bombus}, sometimes called {humblebee}; -- so named from its sound. Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. | |
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Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. {Bumblebee}.] (Zo[94]l.) The bumblebee. --Shak. | |
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Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. {Humblebee}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large bee of the genus {Bombus}, sometimes called {humblebee}; -- so named from its sound. Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. | |
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Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. {Bumblebee}.] (Zo[94]l.) The bumblebee. --Shak. | |
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Humble \Hum"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. | |
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Humblehead \Hum"ble*head`\, n. [Humble + -head.] Humble condition or estate; humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Humbleness \Hum"ble*ness\, n. The quality of being humble; humility; meekness. | |
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Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.] [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. | |
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Humbler \Hum"bler\, n. One who, or that which, humbles some one. | |
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Umbles \Um"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [Written also {humbles}.] --Johnson. | |
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Humbles \Hum"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] Entrails of a deer. [Written also {umbles}.] --Johnson. | |
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Umbles \Um"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [Written also {humbles}.] --Johnson. | |
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Humbles \Hum"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] Entrails of a deer. [Written also {umbles}.] --Johnson. | |
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Humblesse \Hum"blesse\, n. [OF.] Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Spenser. | |
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Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. {Humbler}; superl. {Humblest}.] [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. | |
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Humble \Hum"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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humbly \Hum"bly\, adv. With humility; lowly. --Pope. | |
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Humpless \Hump"less\, a. Without a hump. --Darwin. | |
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Hahnville, LA (CDP, FIPS 32510) Location: 29.97295 N, 90.42103 W Population (1990): 2599 (1016 housing units) Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70057 | |
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Hamblen County, TN (county, FIPS 63) Location: 36.21781 N, 83.26614 W Population (1990): 50480 (20514 housing units) Area: 417.1 sq km (land), 38.2 sq km (water) | |
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Hambleton, WV (town, FIPS 34492) Location: 39.08124 N, 79.64607 W Population (1990): 265 (116 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26269 | |
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Hannibal, MO (city, FIPS 30214) Location: 39.70755 N, 91.38364 W Population (1990): 18004 (7896 housing units) Area: 29.3 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63401 Hannibal, NY (village, FIPS 32017) Location: 43.31776 N, 76.57757 W Population (1990): 613 (240 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13074 | |
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Hayneville, AL (town, FIPS 33712) Location: 32.18247 N, 86.57883 W Population (1990): 969 (389 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36040 | |
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Hemphill, TX (city, FIPS 33188) Location: 31.34175 N, 93.85131 W Population (1990): 1182 (590 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75948 | |
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Hemphill County, TX (county, FIPS 211) Location: 35.83358 N, 100.28045 W Population (1990): 3720 (1712 housing units) Area: 2356.2 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) | |
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Hemple, MO Zip code(s): 64490 | |
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Honeoye Falls, NY (village, FIPS 35364) Location: 42.95440 N, 77.59185 W Population (1990): 2340 (1017 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14472 | |
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Honeyville, UT (city, FIPS 36290) Location: 41.63478 N, 112.08279 W Population (1990): 1112 (329 housing units) Area: 30.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84314 | |
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Humble, TX (city, FIPS 35348) Location: 29.99470 N, 95.26466 W Population (1990): 12060 (5260 housing units) Area: 25.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77338, 77339, 77345, 77346, 77396 | |
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Humboldt, IA (city, FIPS 37560) Location: 42.72154 N, 94.22369 W Population (1990): 4438 (1993 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50548 Humboldt, IL (village, FIPS 36542) Location: 39.60506 N, 88.31954 W Population (1990): 470 (194 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61931 Humboldt, KS (city, FIPS 33450) Location: 37.81162 N, 95.43718 W Population (1990): 2178 (990 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66748 Humboldt, MN (city, FIPS 30446) Location: 48.92145 N, 97.09434 W Population (1990): 74 (33 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Humboldt, NE (city, FIPS 23445) Location: 40.16616 N, 95.94419 W Population (1990): 1003 (522 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68376 Humboldt, SD (town, FIPS 30900) Location: 43.64496 N, 97.07398 W Population (1990): 468 (188 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57035 Humboldt, TN (city, FIPS 36460) Location: 35.82177 N, 88.90649 W Population (1990): 9651 (4000 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38343 | |
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Humboldt County, CA (county, FIPS 23) Location: 40.70042 N, 123.91197 W Population (1990): 119118 (51134 housing units) Area: 9253.5 sq km (land), 1242.5 sq km (water) Humboldt County, IA (county, FIPS 91) Location: 42.78209 N, 94.20259 W Population (1990): 10756 (4670 housing units) Area: 1125.2 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) Humboldt County, NV (county, FIPS 13) Location: 41.41107 N, 118.11690 W Population (1990): 12844 (5044 housing units) Area: 24989.5 sq km (land), 25.8 sq km (water) | |
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Humboldt Hill, CA (CDP, FIPS 34928) Location: 40.72620 N, 124.18856 W Population (1990): 2865 (1027 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |