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   hammer
         n 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when
               the trigger is pulled [syn: {hammer}, {cock}]
         2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to
            deliver an impulsive force by striking
         3: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: {malleus},
            {hammer}]
         4: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
            such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
            glockenspiels, etc. [syn: {mallet}, {hammer}]
         5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the
            hammer throw
         6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano
            strings to vibrate
         7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: {hammer}, {power
            hammer}]
         8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
            sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
            of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound}, {hammering},
            {pounding}]
         v 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
         2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge
            a pair of tongues" [syn: {forge}, {hammer}]

English Dictionary: humor by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
henry
n
  1. a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
    Synonym(s): henry, H
  2. English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
    Synonym(s): Henry, William Henry
  3. a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
    Synonym(s): Henry, Patrick Henry
  4. United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
    Synonym(s): Henry, Joseph Henry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Henry I
n
  1. King of England from 1100 to 1135; youngest son of William the Conqueror; conquered Normandy in 1106 (1068-1135)
    Synonym(s): Henry I, Henry Beauclerc
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Henry II
n
  1. king of France from 1547 to 1559; regained Calais from the English; husband of Catherine de Medicis and father of Charles IX (1519-1559)
  2. first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Henry III
n
  1. son of Henry II of France and the last Valois to be king of France (1551-1589)
  2. son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272; his incompetence aroused baronial opposition led by Simon de Montfort (1207-1272)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hoenir
n
  1. (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homer
n
  1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run [syn: homer, home run]
  2. ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
  3. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
    Synonym(s): homer, kor
  4. United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)
    Synonym(s): Homer, Winslow Homer
  5. pigeon trained to return home
    Synonym(s): homing pigeon, homer
v
  1. hit a home run
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Honiara
n
  1. national capital of Solomon Islands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honor
n
  1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"
    Synonym(s): award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels
  2. the state of being honored
    Synonym(s): honor, honour, laurels
    Antonym(s): dishonor, dishonour
  3. the quality of being honorable and having a good name; "a man of honor"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour
    Antonym(s): dishonor, dishonour
  4. a woman's virtue or chastity
    Synonym(s): honor, honour, purity, pureness
v
  1. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour, reward
    Antonym(s): attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame
  2. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"
    Synonym(s): respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
    Antonym(s): disrespect
  3. accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour
    Antonym(s): dishonor, dishonour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honoree
n
  1. a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honour
n
  1. the state of being honored [syn: honor, honour, laurels]
    Antonym(s): dishonor, dishonour
  2. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"
    Synonym(s): award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels
  3. the quality of being honorable and having a good name; "a man of honor"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour
    Antonym(s): dishonor, dishonour
  4. a woman's virtue or chastity
    Synonym(s): honor, honour, purity, pureness
v
  1. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour, reward
    Antonym(s): attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame
  2. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"
    Synonym(s): respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
    Antonym(s): disrespect
  3. accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour
    Antonym(s): dishonor, dishonour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hummer
n
  1. a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
  2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
    Synonym(s): fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humor
n
  1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
    Synonym(s): wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
  2. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
    Synonym(s): humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour
  3. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
    Synonym(s): temper, mood, humor, humour
  4. the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
    Synonym(s): humor, humour
  5. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
    Synonym(s): humor, humour
  6. the liquid parts of the body
    Synonym(s): liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
v
  1. put into a good mood
    Synonym(s): humor, humour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humour
n
  1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
    Synonym(s): temper, mood, humor, humour
  2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
    Synonym(s): wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
  3. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
    Synonym(s): humor, humour
  4. the liquid parts of the body
    Synonym(s): liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
  5. the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
    Synonym(s): humor, humour
  6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
    Synonym(s): humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour
v
  1. put into a good mood
    Synonym(s): humor, humour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hymnary
n
  1. a songbook containing a collection of hymns [syn: hymnal, hymnbook, hymnary]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hammer \Ham"mer\, n. (Athletics)
      A spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled
      from a mark or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually
      not less than 16 pounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hammer \Ham"mer\, n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D.
      hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer,
      crag, and perh. to Gr. [?] anvil, Skr. a[?]man stone.]
      1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the
            like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron,
            fixed crosswise to a handle.
  
                     With busy hammers closing rivets up.   --Shak.
  
      2. Something which in firm or action resembles the common
            hammer; as:
            (a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to
                  indicate the hour.
            (b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires,
                  to produce the tones.
            (c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under {Ear}. (Gun.) That part
                  of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or
                  firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of
                  steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and
                  struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
            (e) Also, a person of thing that smites or shatters; as,
                  St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.
  
                           He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had
                           been the [bd]massive iron hammers[b8] of the
                           whole earth.                                 --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.
  
      {Atmospheric hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer in which the
            spring is formed by confined air.
  
      {Drop hammer}, {Face hammer}, etc. See under {Drop}, {Face},
            etc.
  
      {Hammer fish}. See {Hammerhead}.
  
      {Hammer hardening}, the process of hardening metal by
            hammering it when cold.
  
      {Hammer shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Malleus}, a genus
            of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters,
            having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them
            a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also {hammer oyster}.
           
  
      {To bring to the hammer}, to put up at auction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Hammering}.]
      1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to
            hammer iron.
  
      2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
            [bd]Hammered money.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor;
            -- usually with out.
  
                     Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. i.
      1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping
            something with a hammer.
  
                     Whereon this month I have hammering.   --Shak.
  
      2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.
  
                     Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemmer \Hem"mer\, n.
      One who, or that which, hems with a needle. Specifically:
      (a) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the
            edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it
            down.
      (b) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a
            hem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hen \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[91]n; akin to D. hen, OHG.
      henna, G. henne, Icel. h[?]na, Dan. h[94]na; the fem.
      corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn,
      Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing,
      and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse,
      pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray
      hen.
  
      Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the
               female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
  
      {Hen clam}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam
            or surf clam. See {Surf clam}.
      (b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}.
  
      {Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below).
  
      {Hen harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in
            Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm},
            {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh
            hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}.
  
      {Hen hawk} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of large hawks
            which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk
            ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B.
            lineatus}), and the goshawk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hennery \Hen"ner*y\, n.
      An inclosed place for keeping hens. [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Henry \Hen"ry\, n.; pl. {Henrys}. [From Joseph Henry, an
      American physicist.]
      The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit
      when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one
      volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one
      amp[8a]re a second.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Badderlocks \Bad"der*locks\, n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr.
      Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.)
      A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta}) sometimes eaten in
      Europe; -- also called {murlins}, {honeyware}, and {henware}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Henware \Hen"ware`\, n. (Bot.)
      A coarse, blackish seaweed. See {Badderlocks}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Badderlocks \Bad"der*locks\, n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr.
      Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.)
      A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta}) sometimes eaten in
      Europe; -- also called {murlins}, {honeyware}, and {henware}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Henware \Hen"ware`\, n. (Bot.)
      A coarse, blackish seaweed. See {Badderlocks}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG.
      lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. [?] fat, E.
      live, v.] (Anat.)
      A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral
      cavity of all vertebrates.
  
      Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal
               passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it
               secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways
               changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is
               situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly
               on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and
               {Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is
               usually made up of c[91]cal tubes, and differs
               materially, in form and function, from that of
               vertebrates.
  
      {Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}.
           
  
      {Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See
            {Hepar}.
  
      {Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark,
            reddish brown.
  
      {Liver shark} (Zo[94]l.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus
            maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe
            and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in
            length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has
            small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured
            for the sake of its liver, which often yields several
            barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone,
            by means of which it separates small animals from the sea
            water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark},
            {hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoemother \Hoe"moth`er\, n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.
      h[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The basking or liver shark; -- called also {homer}. See
      {Liver shark}, under {Liver}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homer \Hom"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home
      from a distance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homer \Ho"mer\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Hoemother}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homer \Ho"mer\, n. [Heb. kh[d3]mer.]
      A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths,
      equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and,
      as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two
      pecks, four quarts. [Written also {chomer}, {gomer}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG.
      lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. [?] fat, E.
      live, v.] (Anat.)
      A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral
      cavity of all vertebrates.
  
      Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal
               passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it
               secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways
               changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is
               situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly
               on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and
               {Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is
               usually made up of c[91]cal tubes, and differs
               materially, in form and function, from that of
               vertebrates.
  
      {Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}.
           
  
      {Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See
            {Hepar}.
  
      {Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark,
            reddish brown.
  
      {Liver shark} (Zo[94]l.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus
            maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe
            and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in
            length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has
            small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured
            for the sake of its liver, which often yields several
            barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone,
            by means of which it separates small animals from the sea
            water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark},
            {hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoemother \Hoe"moth`er\, n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.
      h[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The basking or liver shark; -- called also {homer}. See
      {Liver shark}, under {Liver}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homer \Hom"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home
      from a distance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homer \Ho"mer\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Hoemother}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homer \Ho"mer\, n. [Heb. kh[d3]mer.]
      A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths,
      equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and,
      as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two
      pecks, four quarts. [Written also {chomer}, {gomer}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Badderlocks \Bad"der*locks\, n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr.
      Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.)
      A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta}) sometimes eaten in
      Europe; -- also called {murlins}, {honeyware}, and {henware}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honeyware \Hon"ey*ware`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Badderlocks}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Badderlocks \Bad"der*locks\, n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr.
      Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.)
      A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta}) sometimes eaten in
      Europe; -- also called {murlins}, {honeyware}, and {henware}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honeyware \Hon"ey*ware`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Badderlocks}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor,
      onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor,
      honos.] [Written also {honour}.]
      1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect;
            consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of
            respect or reverence.
  
                     A prophet is not without honor, save in his own
                     country.                                             --Matt. xiii.
                                                                              57.
  
      2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or
            consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity;
            especially, excellence of character; high moral worth;
            virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity;
            uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
  
                     If she have forgot Honor and virtue.   --Shak.
  
                     Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton.
  
      3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course
            of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the
            duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.
  
                     Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of
                     justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each
                     lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of
                     life from all offense Suffered or done.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
                     I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not
                     honor more.                                       --Lovelace.
  
      4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid;
            distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my
            honors.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1
                                                                              Kings iii. 13.
  
                     Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ.
                                                                              1.
  
      5. Fame; reputation; credit.
  
                     Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and
                     reputation.                                       --Bacon.
  
                     If my honor is meant anything distinct from
                     conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the
                     censure and esteem of the world.         --Rogers.
  
      6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a
            ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on
            his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their
            funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an
            ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
  
      8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil
            offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor.
            See Note under {Honorable}.
  
      9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on
            which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell.
  
      10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as,
            honors in classics.
  
      11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The
            ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A.
            Proctor.
  
      {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the
            duel itself.
  
      {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and
            decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court
            of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or
            omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in
            their nature.
  
      {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by
            betting or gambling, considered more binding than if
            recoverable by law.
  
      {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory.
           
  
      {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}.
  
      {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished
            enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and
            with colors flying.
  
      {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social
            intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and
            which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley.
  
      {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend
            the queen when she appears in public.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honor \Hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Honoring}.] [OE. honouren, onouren, OF. honorer, honourer,
      F. honorer, fr. L. honorare, fr. honor, n.]
      1. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to
            revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used
            of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.
  
                     Honor thy father and thy mother.         --Ex. xx. 12.
  
                     That all men should honor the Son, even as they
                     honor the Father.                              --John v. 23.
  
                     It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the
                     observance.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow
            honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to
            exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to
            treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.
  
                     Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
                     delighten to honor.                           --Esther vi.
                                                                              9.
  
                     The name of Cassius honors this corruption. --Shak.
  
      3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of
            exchange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor,
      onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor,
      honos.] [Written also {honour}.]
      1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect;
            consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of
            respect or reverence.
  
                     A prophet is not without honor, save in his own
                     country.                                             --Matt. xiii.
                                                                              57.
  
      2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or
            consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity;
            especially, excellence of character; high moral worth;
            virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity;
            uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
  
                     If she have forgot Honor and virtue.   --Shak.
  
                     Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton.
  
      3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course
            of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the
            duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.
  
                     Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of
                     justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each
                     lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of
                     life from all offense Suffered or done.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
                     I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not
                     honor more.                                       --Lovelace.
  
      4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid;
            distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my
            honors.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1
                                                                              Kings iii. 13.
  
                     Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ.
                                                                              1.
  
      5. Fame; reputation; credit.
  
                     Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and
                     reputation.                                       --Bacon.
  
                     If my honor is meant anything distinct from
                     conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the
                     censure and esteem of the world.         --Rogers.
  
      6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a
            ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on
            his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their
            funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an
            ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
  
      8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil
            offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor.
            See Note under {Honorable}.
  
      9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on
            which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell.
  
      10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as,
            honors in classics.
  
      11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The
            ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A.
            Proctor.
  
      {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the
            duel itself.
  
      {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and
            decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court
            of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or
            omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in
            their nature.
  
      {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by
            betting or gambling, considered more binding than if
            recoverable by law.
  
      {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory.
           
  
      {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}.
  
      {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished
            enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and
            with colors flying.
  
      {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social
            intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and
            which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley.
  
      {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend
            the queen when she appears in public.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Humerus \[d8]Hu"me*rus\, n.; pl. {Humeri}. [L.] (Anat.)
      (a) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or
            fore limb.
      (b) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the
            brachium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hummer \Hum"mer\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
            --Ainsworth.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A humming bird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humor \Hu"mor\, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L.
      humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist.
      See {Humid}.] [Written also {humour}.]
      1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal
            bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the
            eye, etc.
  
      Note: 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.
  
      2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often
            causes an eruption on the skin. [bd]A body full of
            humors.[b8] --Sir W. Temple.
  
      3. 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, good
            humor; ill humor.
  
                     Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the
                     ruling passion of your mind.               --Roscommon.
  
                     A prince of a pleasant humor.            --Bacon.
  
                     I like not the humor of lying.            --Shak.
  
      4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices;
            freaks; vagaries; whims.
  
                     Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and
                     discretion? Has he not humors to be endured?
                                                                              --South.
  
      5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an
            incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite
            laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations;
            a playful fancy; facetiousness.
  
                     For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd
                     almost said wit.                                 --Goldsmith.
  
                     A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the
                     perplexities of mine host.                  --W. Irving.
  
      {Aqueous humor}, {Crystalline humor} [or] {lens}, {Vitreous
      humor}. (Anat.) See {Eye}.
  
      {Out of humor}, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant
            frame of mind.
  
      Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood;
               frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See {Wit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humor \Hu"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Humoring}.]
      1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit
            the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt
            one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to
            humor the mind.
  
                     It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor
                     that invention.                                 --Dryden.
  
      2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to
            soothe; to gratify; to please.
  
                     You humor me when I am sick.               --Pope.
  
      Syn: To gratify; to indulge. See {Gratify}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humor \Hu"mor\, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L.
      humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist.
      See {Humid}.] [Written also {humour}.]
      1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal
            bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the
            eye, etc.
  
      Note: 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.
  
      2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often
            causes an eruption on the skin. [bd]A body full of
            humors.[b8] --Sir W. Temple.
  
      3. 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, good
            humor; ill humor.
  
                     Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the
                     ruling passion of your mind.               --Roscommon.
  
                     A prince of a pleasant humor.            --Bacon.
  
                     I like not the humor of lying.            --Shak.
  
      4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices;
            freaks; vagaries; whims.
  
                     Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and
                     discretion? Has he not humors to be endured?
                                                                              --South.
  
      5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an
            incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite
            laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations;
            a playful fancy; facetiousness.
  
                     For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd
                     almost said wit.                                 --Goldsmith.
  
                     A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the
                     perplexities of mine host.                  --W. Irving.
  
      {Aqueous humor}, {Crystalline humor} [or] {lens}, {Vitreous
      humor}. (Anat.) See {Eye}.
  
      {Out of humor}, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant
            frame of mind.
  
      Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood;
               frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See {Wit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hymar \Hy*mar"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The wild ass of Persia.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hamar, ND
      Zip code(s): 58380

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hamer, ID (city, FIPS 34570)
      Location: 43.92568 N, 112.20368 W
      Population (1990): 79 (29 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83425

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Henry, IL (city, FIPS 34163)
      Location: 41.11233 N, 89.36180 W
      Population (1990): 2591 (1064 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61537
   Henry, NE (village, FIPS 22150)
      Location: 41.99829 N, 104.04630 W
      Population (1990): 145 (64 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 69349
   Henry, SD (town, FIPS 28140)
      Location: 44.88095 N, 97.46260 W
      Population (1990): 215 (96 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57243
   Henry, TN (town, FIPS 33400)
      Location: 36.20050 N, 88.41056 W
      Population (1990): 317 (132 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38231
   Henry, VA
      Zip code(s): 24102

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Homer, AK (city, FIPS 33140)
      Location: 59.63546 N, 151.52217 W
      Population (1990): 3660 (1673 housing units)
      Area: 28.3 sq km (land), 40.8 sq km (water)
   Homer, GA (town, FIPS 39720)
      Location: 34.33382 N, 83.49967 W
      Population (1990): 742 (332 housing units)
      Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30547
   Homer, IL (village, FIPS 35814)
      Location: 40.03189 N, 87.95893 W
      Population (1990): 1264 (516 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61849
   Homer, LA (town, FIPS 35870)
      Location: 32.79357 N, 93.05868 W
      Population (1990): 4152 (1800 housing units)
      Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71040
   Homer, MI (village, FIPS 38920)
      Location: 42.14547 N, 84.80998 W
      Population (1990): 1758 (685 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49245
   Homer, NE (village, FIPS 22920)
      Location: 42.32197 N, 96.49110 W
      Population (1990): 553 (208 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Homer, NY (village, FIPS 35276)
      Location: 42.63781 N, 76.18356 W
      Population (1990): 3476 (1379 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13077

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Honor, MI (village, FIPS 39080)
      Location: 44.66678 N, 86.02019 W
      Population (1990): 292 (142 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49640

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hymera, IN (town, FIPS 35500)
      Location: 39.18570 N, 87.29887 W
      Population (1990): 771 (348 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   hammer vt.   Commonwealth hackish syn. for {bang on}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   hammer
  
      Commonwealth hackish synonym for {bang on}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-02-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   henry
  
      (H) The {SI} unit of inductance: one henry is the
      inductance of a closed loop in which the induced voltage is
      one volt if the current flowing through it changes by one
      ampere each second, i.e., 1 H = 1 Vs/A.   Named after the
      American physicist Joseph Henry (1797-1878).
  
      (1997-03-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   humor
  
      {hacker humour}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   humour
  
      {hacker humour}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hammer
      (1.) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by
      quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of Babylon (Jer. 50:23)
      or Nebuchadnezzar.
     
         (2.) Heb. makabah, a stone-cutter's mallet (1 Kings 6:7), or
      of any workman (Judg. 4:21; Isa. 44:12).
     
         (3.) Heb. halmuth, a poetical word for a workman's hammer,
      found only in Judg. 5:26, where it denotes the mallet with which
      the pins of the tent of the nomad are driven into the ground.
     
         (4.) Heb. mappets, rendered "battle-axe" in Jer. 51:20. This
      was properly a "mace," which is thus described by Rawlinson:
      "The Assyrian mace was a short, thin weapon, and must either
      have been made of a very tough wood or (and this is more
      probable) of metal. It had an ornamented head, which was
      sometimes very beautifully modelled, and generally a strap or
      string at the lower end by which it could be grasped with
      greater firmness."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hamor
      he-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in
      which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen. 33:19). He is called
      "Emmor" in Acts 7:16. His son Shechem founded the city of that
      name which Simeon and Levi destroyed because of his crime in the
      matter of Dinah, Jacob's daughter (Gen. 34:20). Hamor and
      Shechem were also slain (ver. 26).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Homer
      heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or
      1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR.
      (See {OMER}.)
     
         "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hamor, an ass; clay; dirt
  
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