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HULY, HOOLIE, _adj._ Slow, moderate, S. _heelie_, Aberd.
_Douglas._
_Hove_, to stay, S., or Su. G. _hoflig_, moderate.
HULLION, _s._ A sloven, Fife.
HULLc.o.c.k, _s._ The Smooth hound, a fish, Orkn.
HULTER CORN, _s._ The same with _s.h.i.+lling_, Aberd. q. _hulled_.
_Stat. Acc._
HUM, _s._ A sham, S.
Su. G. _hum_, an uncertain rumour.
_To_ HUM, To feed, as birds do their young, by billing, Ang.
HUMANITY, _s._ The study of the Latin language.
Hence _the Humanity Cla.s.s_, that in which this is taught; and the teacher, the _Professor of humanity_.
Lat. _Literae Humaniores_.
_Stat. Acc._
HUMDRUM, _s._ Dejection, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _humm-a_, admurmurare, and _drom-a_, tarde et lente gradi.
HUMEST, _adj._ Uppermost.
V. ~Umast~.
_Wallace._
HUMLY, _adj._ Humble.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
HUMLOIK, _s._ Hemlock.
_Lyndsay._
HUMMEL, _s._ A drone.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _hummel_, fucus.
_To_ HUMMEL, _v. a. To hummil bear_, to separate the grain of barley from the beards, S. B.
~Hummel-corn~, _s._ Grain which wants a beard, as pease, &c. S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _haml-a_, to mutilate.
HUMMEL, _adj._ Wanting horns.
V. ~Homyll~.
HUMMIE, _s._ The game otherwise called _s.h.i.+ntie_, Loth.
HUMSTRUM, _s._ A pet.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
_Hum_, as in _hum-drum_, and _strum_, q. v.
HUND, _s._
1. A dog, S.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _hunds_, A. S. _hund_, canis.
2. An avaricious person, S.
