English Dictionary: humpbacked | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
used in medicine, as {Hirudo medicinalis} of Europe, and allied species. Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common large bloodsucking leech of America ({Macrobdella decora}) is dark olive above, and red below, with black spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes; others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws for drawing blood. See {Bdelloidea}. {Hirudinea}, and {Clepsine}. 3. (Surg.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum. {Horse leech}, a less powerful European leech ({H[91]mopis vorax}), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives. | |
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Horse-leech \Horse"-leech`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large blood-sucking leech ({H[91]mopsis vorax}), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses. 2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon. | |
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d8Hemiopia \[d8]Hem`i*o"pi*a\, Hemiopsia \Hem`i*op"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] half + Gr. [?] sight.] (Med.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine}, {Canvas}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber. 2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp. {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and {Bowstring}. {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}. {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset. {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G. Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family. {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a. {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}. {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and Yucatan. {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}). {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}), related to the amaranth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Henfish \Hen"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A marine fish; the sea bream. (b) A young bib. See {Bib}, n., 2. | |
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Henpeck \Hen"peck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Henpecked}; p. pr. & vb. {Henpecking}.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively). | |
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Henpeck \Hen"peck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Henpecked}; p. pr. & vb. {Henpecking}.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively). | |
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Henpeck \Hen"peck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Henpecked}; p. pr. & vb. {Henpecking}.] To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Home \Home\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. {Home base} (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. {Home farm}, {grounds}, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. {Home lot}, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] {Home rule}, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. {Home ruler}, one who favors or advocates home rule. {Home run} (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. {Home stretch} (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. {Home thrust}, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Home \Home\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts. 2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust. {Home base} (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands and which is the last goal in making a run. {Home farm}, {grounds}, etc., the farm, grounds, etc., adjacent to the residence of the owner. {Home lot}, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home stands. [U. S.] {Home rule}, rule or government of an appendent or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country; as, home rule in Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of Parliament. {Home ruler}, one who favors or advocates home rule. {Home run} (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. {Home stretch} (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post. {Home thrust}, a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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Honey-bag \Hon"ey-bag`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. --Shak. Grew. | |
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Humbug \Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humbugging}.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. | |
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Humbug \Hum"bug`\, n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.] 1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. 3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen. | |
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Humbug \Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humbugging}.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. | |
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Humbugger \Hum"bug`ger\, n. One who humbugs. | |
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Humbuggery \Hum"bug`ger*y\, n. The practice of imposition. | |
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Humbug \Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humbugging}.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humifuse \Hu"mi*fuse\, a. [L. humus ground + fusus, p. p. of fundere to spread.] (Bot.) Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. --Gray. | |
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Humpback \Hump"back`\, n. [Cf. {Hunchback}.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler. 2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any whale of the genus {Megaptera}, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are {Megaptera longimana} of Europe, and {M. osphyia} of America; that of the California coasts is {M. versabilis}. (b) A small salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}), of the northwest coast of America. | |
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Humpbacked \Hump"backed`\, a. Having a humped back. | |
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are: {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush. {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta}). {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}). {King salmon}, the quinnat. {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var. {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}. Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock, called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail. 2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}. {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia. {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under {Fish}. {Salmon peel}, a young salmon. {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb. {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. | |
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Humpbacked salmon \Hump"backed` salm"on\ A small salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws. | |
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Hump-shouldered \Hump"-shoul`dered\, a. Having high, hunched shoulders. --Hawthorne. | |
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Hymn \Hymn\, n. [OE. hympne, ympne, F. hymne, OF. also ymne, L. hymnus, Gr. [?]; perh. akin to [?] web, [?] to weave, and so to E. weave.] An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. --Col. iii. 16. Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful harps. --Dryden. {Hymn book}, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hampshire, IL (village, FIPS 32525) Location: 42.09579 N, 88.52173 W Population (1990): 1843 (653 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60140 Hampshire, TN Zip code(s): 38461 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hampshire County, MA (county, FIPS 15) Location: 42.33930 N, 72.66419 W Population (1990): 146568 (53068 housing units) Area: 1370.2 sq km (land), 42.6 sq km (water) Hampshire County, WV (county, FIPS 27) Location: 39.31373 N, 78.61330 W Population (1990): 16498 (8817 housing units) Area: 1662.2 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water) | |
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Hampstead, MD (town, FIPS 36500) Location: 39.61843 N, 76.85576 W Population (1990): 2608 (1110 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Hampstead, NC Zip code(s): 28443 Hampstead, NH Zip code(s): 03841 | |
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Hawaiian Beaches, HI (CDP, FIPS 12500) Location: 19.54300 N, 154.91572 W Population (1990): 2846 (1005 housing units) Area: 65.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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Hempstead, NY (village, FIPS 33139) Location: 40.70340 N, 73.61897 W Population (1990): 49453 (15117 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11550 Hempstead, TX (city, FIPS 33200) Location: 30.09308 N, 96.08037 W Population (1990): 3551 (1545 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77445 | |
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Hempstead County, AR (county, FIPS 57) Location: 33.73130 N, 93.66496 W Population (1990): 21621 (9690 housing units) Area: 1887.7 sq km (land), 32.6 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
home box n. A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, _my_ home box runs a full 4.4 BSD, so there!" | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
home page n. 1. One's personal billboard on the World Wide Web. The term `home page' is perhaps a bit misleading because home directories and physical homes in {RL} are private, but home pages are designed to be very public. 2. By extension, a WWW repository for information and links related to a project or organization. Compare {home box}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
home box A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full {4.2BSD}, so there!" | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
home page relating to an individual or institution, or possibly a subject area. This often has a {URL} consisting of just a {hostname}, e.g. http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/. All other pages on a {web site} are usually accessible by following {links} from the home page. 2. The {web page} a user's {web browser} is configured to load each time it is started. This will typically default to the {home page} (sense 1) of the organisation that produced or distributed the browser. (1999-03-21) |