English Dictionary: haemangioma | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemming}.] 1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. --Wordsworth. 2. To border; to edge All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser. {To hem about}, {around}, [or] {in}, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. [bd]With valiant squadrons round about to hem.[b8] --Fairfax. [bd]Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny.[b8] --Daniel. {To hem out}, to shut out. [bd]You can not hem me out of London.[b8] --J. Webster. | |
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Homing \Hom"ing\, p.a. Home-returning. {Homing pigeon}, a pigeon trained to return home from a distance. Homing pigeons are used for sending back messages or for flying races. By carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from home, they may be trained to return with more or less certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five hundred miles. If the distance is increased much beyond this, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful. Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing instinct. | |
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Homing \Hom"ing\, a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons. | |
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Homing \Hom"ing\, p.a. Home-returning. {Homing pigeon}, a pigeon trained to return home from a distance. Homing pigeons are used for sending back messages or for flying races. By carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from home, they may be trained to return with more or less certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five hundred miles. If the distance is increased much beyond this, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful. Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing instinct. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Homunculus \[d8]Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Homunculi}. [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne. | |
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Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba} (b) . {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree; -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}. | |
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Honey \Hon"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Honeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Honeying}.] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. [bd]Honeying and making love.[b8] --Shak. Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. --Tennyson. | |
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Hone \Hone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[omac]nd); p]. pr. & vb. n. {Honing}.] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor. | |
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Humanics \Hu*man"ics\, n. The study of human nature. [R.] --T. W. Collins. | |
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Humanism \Hu"man*ism\, n. 1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. --T. Hardy. 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning. | |
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Humanist \Hu"man*ist\, n. [Cf. F. humaniste.] 1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. --Schaff-Herzog. 2. One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature. 3. One versed in knowledge of human nature. | |
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Humanistic \Hu`man*is"tic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. --Caird. 2. Pertaining to polite kiterature. --M. Arnold. | |
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Humanization \Hu*man`i*za"tion\, n. The act of humanizing. --M. Arnold. | |
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Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humanizing}.] [Cf. F. humaniser.] 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion? --Addison. 2. To give a human character or expression to. [bd]Humanized divinities.[b8] --Caird. 3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. | |
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Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. i. To become or be made more humane; to become civilized; to be ameliorated. By the original law of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. Humanizing by degrees, it admitted slavery instead of death; a further step was the exchange of prisoners instead of slavery. --Franklin. | |
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Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humanizing}.] [Cf. F. humaniser.] 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion? --Addison. 2. To give a human character or expression to. [bd]Humanized divinities.[b8] --Caird. 3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. | |
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Humanizer \Hu"man*i`zer\, n. One who renders humane. | |
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Humanize \Hu"man*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humanizing}.] [Cf. F. humaniser.] 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion? --Addison. 2. To give a human character or expression to. [bd]Humanized divinities.[b8] --Caird. 3. (Med.) To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. | |
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Humankind \Hu"man*kind`\, n. Mankind. --Pope. | |
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Humanness \Hu"man*ness\, n. The quality or state of being human. | |
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Hum \Hum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. [root]15.] 1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. --P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. --Pope. 2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the Regicides. Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. 5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition. | |
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Humming \Hum"ming\, a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing. | |
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Humming \Hum"ming\, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden. {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[91]}, 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 {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and {Ruby-throat}. {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth}, under {Hawk}, the bird. | |
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Humming \Hum"ming\, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden. {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[91]}, 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 {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and {Ruby-throat}. {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth}, under {Hawk}, the bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humming \Hum"ming\, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden. {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[91]}, 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 {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and {Ruby-throat}. {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth}, under {Hawk}, the bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humming \Hum"ming\, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. {Hummingale}, lively or strong ale. --Dryden. {Humming bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[91]}, 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 {Trochilus culubris}. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and {Ruby-throat}. {Humming-bird moth} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth}, under {Hawk}, the bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Anim82 \[d8]A"ni*m[82]\, n. [F. anim[82] animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.] A resin exuding from a tropical American tree ({Hymen[91]a courbaril}), and much used by varnish makers. --Ure. | |
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Copal \Co"pal\ (k[omac]"p[ait]l; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[91]a Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure. | |
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d8Anim82 \[d8]A"ni*m[82]\, n. [F. anim[82] animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.] A resin exuding from a tropical American tree ({Hymen[91]a courbaril}), and much used by varnish makers. --Ure. | |
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Copal \Co"pal\ (k[omac]"p[ait]l; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[91]a Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure. | |
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Hymenogeny \Hy`me*nog"e*ny\, n. [Gr. [?] a membrane + root of [?] to be born.] The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former. | |
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Hymning \Hymn"ing\, a. Praising with hymns; singing. [bd]The hymning choir.[b8] --G. West. | |
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Hymning \Hymn"ing\, n. The singing of hymns. --Milton. | |
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Hymn \Hymn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hymned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hymning}.] [Cf. L. hymnire, Gr. [?].] To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. To hymn the bright of the Lord. --Keble. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. --Byron. | |
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Hemingford, NE (village, FIPS 22045) Location: 42.32115 N, 103.07574 W Population (1990): 953 (403 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69348 | |
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Hemingway, SC (town, FIPS 33145) Location: 33.75399 N, 79.44403 W Population (1990): 829 (365 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29554 | |
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Henning, IL (village, FIPS 34137) Location: 40.30625 N, 87.70067 W Population (1990): 273 (111 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Henning, MN (city, FIPS 28520) Location: 46.32238 N, 95.44290 W Population (1990): 738 (383 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56551 Henning, TN (town, FIPS 33360) Location: 35.67334 N, 89.57540 W Population (1990): 802 (316 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Humansville, MO (city, FIPS 33706) Location: 37.79561 N, 93.57585 W Population (1990): 1084 (475 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65674 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
home machine n. 1. Syn. {home box}. 2. The machine that receives your email. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads email at work. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Hamming code transmitted data for the purposes of {error detection and correction}. Named after the mathematician {Richard Hamming}, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission. [Detail? Connection with {Hamming Distance}?] (2002-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Hamming distance The minimum number of {bits} that must be changed in order to convert one {bit string} into another. Named after the mathematician {Richard Hamming}. [Connection with {Hamming code}?]. (2002-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Hamming, Richard {Richard Hamming} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
home machine 1. Synonym {home box}. 2. The machine that receives your e-mail. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads e-mail at work. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Human-Computer Interaction with computers, and how to design computer systems that are easy, quick and productive for humans to use. See also {Human-Computer Interface}. {HCI Sites (http://www.acm.org/sigchi/hci-sites/)}. (1999-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Human-Computer Interface allows a user to interact with a computer. Examples are {WIMP}, {command-line interpreter}, or {virtual reality}. See also {Human-Computer Interaction}. (1999-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
humanist technology and well-being of humans. (2002-07-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hamon-gog multitude of Gog, the name of the valley in which the slaughtered forces of Gog are to be buried (Ezek. 39:11,15), "the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Hamon-gog, the multitude of Gog | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Hymeneus, nuptial; the god of marriage |