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Humor (?), 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.
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It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor that invention. Dryden.
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2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
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You humor me when I am sick. Pope.

Syn. -- To gratify; to indulge. See .
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Humoral (?), a. [Cf. F. humoral.] Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever.
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Coloq. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body.
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Humoralism (?), n. 1. (Med.) The state or quality of being humoral.
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2. (Med.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism. [Obs.]
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Humoralist, n. One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
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Humorism (?), n. 1. (Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.
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2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge.
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Humorist, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.] 1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors. [archaic]
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2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
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He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison.
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3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll; especially, one who writes or tells jokes as a profession.
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The reputation of wits and humorists. Addison.
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Humoristic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.
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Humorize (?), v. t. To humor. Marston.
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Humorless, a. Destitute of humor.
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Humorous (?), a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See .] 1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
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All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman.
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2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne.
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Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. Dryden.
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3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.

Syn. -- Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.
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Humorously, adv. 1. Capriciously; whimsically.
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We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.
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2. Facetiously; wittily.
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Humorousness, n. 1. Moodiness; capriciousness.
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2. Facetiousness; jocularity.
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Humorsome (?), a. 1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne.
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The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.
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2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift.
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Humorsomely, adv. Pleasantly; humorously.
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Humorsomeness, n. Quality of being humorsome.
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humour n. same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
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humourous adj. same as ; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ; boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; buffoonish, clownish, zany; comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; droll, waggish ; dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous ; Gilbertian ; hilarious, uproarious ; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; merry, mirthful; seriocomic, seriocomical ; tragicomic, tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See: .
Syn. -- humorous.
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Hump (hŭmp), n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. .] 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.
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2. (Zoöl.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.
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3. (Railroad) a portion of a switchyard with a slanting track in which freight cars may coast without an engine and be sorted through a series of switches.
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Hump (?), v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.

The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. T. Roosvelt.
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2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia]

Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush. C. L. Money.
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3. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself. [Slang, U. S.]

A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow. McClure's Mag.
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4. (Railroad) to sort freight cars by means of a hump.
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5. to engage in sexual intercourse with. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.]
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Humpback (?), n. [Cf. .] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. Tatler.
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2. A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
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3. (Zoöl.) (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 Megaptera osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is Megaptera versabilis. (b) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America; the .
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Humpbacked (?), a. Having a humped back.
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Humpbacked salmon. 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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Humpback whale (?), n. the .
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Humped (?), a. Having a hump, as the back.
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Humph (?), interj. [Of imitative origin.] An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
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Humpless (?), a. Without a hump. Darwin.
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Hump-shouldered (?), a. Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne.
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Humpy (?), a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
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Humstrum (?), n. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
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Humulin (?), n. [NL. Humulus, the genus including the hop.] An extract of hops.
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Humus (?), n. [L., the earth, ground, soil.] That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.
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Hun (?), n. [L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. H�nas, H�ne, OHG. H�ni, G. Hunnen.] One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe.
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Hunch (?), n. [Perh. akin to huckle; cf. hump, hunch, bunch, hunk.] 1. A hump; a protuberance.
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2. A lump; a thick piece; as, a hunch of bread.
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3. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
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4. A strong, intuitive impression that something will happen; -- said to be from the gambler's superstition that it brings luck to touch the hump of a hunchback. [Colloq. or Slang] “Get a hunch, bet a bunch.”
Syn. -- presentiment, premonition. [Webster Suppl. +PJC]

Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hunching.] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
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2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. Dryden.
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Hunchback (?), n. [Cf. .] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
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Hunchbacked (?), a. Having a humped back.
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hunched adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; -- of people.
Syn. -- round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked.
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Hundred (hŭndrĕd), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-raþjan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundrað, Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith. szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. ekatos, Skr. çata. √309. Cf. , , , , and .] 1. The product of ten multiplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
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With many hundreds treading on his heels. Shak.
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☞ The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc., often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten hundreds are one thousand.
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2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
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Coloq. Hundred court , a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. [Eng.] Blackstone.
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Hundred, a. Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
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Hundreder (?), n. 1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
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2. (Law) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs.
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3. One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred. Blount. Cowell.
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Hundredfold (?), n. A hundred times as much or as many.
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He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.
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Hundredth (?), a. 1. Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
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2. Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.
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Hundredth, n. One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
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Hundredweight (?), n. A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton.
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Hung (?), imp. & p. p. of .
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Coloq. Hung beef , the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.
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Hungarian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary. -- n. A native or one of the people of Hungary.
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Coloq. Hungarian grass . See Italian millet, under .
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Hungary (?), n. A country in Central Europe, formerly a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Coloq. Hungary water , a distilled “water,” made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.
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Hunger (?), n. [AS. hungor; akin to OFries. hunger, D. honger, OS. & OHG. hungar, G. hunger, Icel. hungr, Sw. & Dan. hunger, Goth. h�hrus hunger, huggrjan to hunger.] 1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
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☞ The sensation of hunger is usually referred to the stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the sensory nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and perhaps also on indirect impressions from other organs, more or less exhausted from lack of nutriment.
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2. Any strong eager desire.
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O sacred hunger of ambitious minds! Spenser.
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For hunger of my gold I die. Dryden.
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Hunger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hungered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hungering.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See , n.] 1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
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2. To have an eager desire; to long.
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteouness. Matt. v. 6.
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Hunger, v. t. To make hungry; to famish.

{ Hunger-bit (?), Hunger-bitten (?), } a. Pinched or weakened by hunger. [Obs.] Milton.
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Hungered (?), a. Hungry; pinched for food. [Obs.] Milton.
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Hungerer (?), n. One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.
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Hungerly, a. Wanting food; starved. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hungerly, adv. With keen appetite. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hunger-starve (?), v. t. To starve with hunger; to famish. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hungred (?), a. Hungered; hungry. [Archaic]
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Hungrily (?), adv. [From .] In a hungry manner; voraciously. Dryden.
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hungriness n. 1. The state of being hungry; a need for food.
Syn. -- hunger.
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2. An intense desire.
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Hungry (?), a. [Compar. Hungrier (?); superl. Hungriest.] [AS. hungrid. See .] 1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
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2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
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The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley.
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Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.
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3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. “The hungry beach.” Shak.
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Hunk (?), n. [Cf. .] 1. A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.]

2. a sexually attractive, well-built man.
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Hunker (?), n. Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]
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Hunker down (?), v. 1. to crouch or squat; to sit on one's haunches.
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2. to settle in at a location for an extended period; -- also (figuratively) to maintain a position and resist yielding to some pressure, as of public opinion.
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3. to take shelter, literally or figuratively; to assume a defensive position to resist difficulties. “We hunkered down to ride out the storm in an abandoned cabin.”
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While many businessmen were hunkering down for another bust after the lean years of the Second World War and the Great Depression before it, Taylor and company correctly reckoned it was the dawn of an era of prosperity and growth. Richard Siklos [Shades of Black, 1995]
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Hunkerism (?), n. Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political Cant, U.S.]
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Hunkers (?), n. pl. [See .] In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position; haunches. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]

Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge. Kipling.
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Hunks (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard.
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Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks. Gray.
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Hunky (?), a. [Perh. fr. .] All right; in a good condition; also, even; square. [Slang, U. S.]

He . . . began to shoot; began to get “hunky” with all those people who had been plugging at him. Stephen Crane.
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Hunnemannia n. 1. A genus with only one species, the golden cup.
Syn. -- genus Hunnemania.
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Hunnish a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Huns.
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2. Like the Huns; barbarous, cruel, and destructive.
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Hunt (hŭnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin�an (in comp.) to seize. √36. Cf. .] 1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
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Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.
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2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
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Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.
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3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
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4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
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He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
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5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
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6. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
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Hunt, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
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Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
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2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
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He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak.
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3. (Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
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4. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.
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Coloq. To hunt counter , to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hunt, n. 1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
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The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
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2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
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4. An association of huntsmen.
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5. A district of country hunted over.
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Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.
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Hunt-counter (?), n. A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hunte (?), n. [AS. hunta.] A hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hunter (?), n. 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
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2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak.
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3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
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4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
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No keener hunter after glory breathes. Tennyson.
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5. (Zoöl.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under .
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6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
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Coloq. Hunter's room , the lunation after the harvest moon. -- Coloq. Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under .
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Hunterian (?), a. Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See .
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Hunting (?), n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith.
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Coloq. Happy hunting grounds , the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and feasting. Tylor. -- Coloq. Hunting box . Same As Hunting lodge (below). -- Coloq. Hunting cat (Zoöl.), the cheetah. -- Coloq. Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs of teeth. -- Coloq. Hunting dog (Zoöl.), the hyena dog. -- Coloq. Hunting ground , a region or district abounding in game; esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians in search of game. -- Coloq. Hunting horn , a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See , and . -- Coloq. Hunting leopard (Zoöl.), the cheetah. -- Coloq. Hunting lodge , a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting. -- Coloq. Hunting seat , a hunting lodge. Gray. -- Coloq. Hunting shirt , a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather. -- Coloq. Hunting spider (Zoöl.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider. -- Coloq. Hunting watch . See , 6.
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Huntress (?), n. A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana. Shak.
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Huntsman (?), n.; pl. Huntsmen (�). 1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
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2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange.
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Coloq. Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
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