Definition of hum

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Hum (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem..

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Good :: Good (superl.) Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto..
Hide :: Hide (n.) The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
Humpback :: Humpback (n.) A humpbacked person; a hunchback.
Loin :: Loin (n.) That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef..
Corse :: Corse (n.) A corpse; the dead body of a human being.
Archness :: Archness (n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
Cadaverous :: Cadaverous (a.) Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look..
Nummulation :: Nummulation (n.) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope..
Humor :: Humor (n.) Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc..
Mischief :: Mischief (n.) Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport..
Trotter :: Trotter (n.) The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot..
Anthropophagy :: Anthropophagy (n.) The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Tripe :: Tripe (n.) The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural..
Kephalin :: Kephalin (n.) One of a group of nitrogenous phosphorized principles, supposed by Thudichum to exist in brain tissue..
Organize :: Organize (v. t.) To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc..
Chump :: Chump (n.) A short, thick, heavy piece of wood..
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc..
Buxom :: Buxom (a.) Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.
Humph :: Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc..
Thumping :: Thumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thum.
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