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Show HU HU - M'he largeft eraoked needle thoutd be ufed, wit = ligdture, in taking up the bumeral arteries in amSharp ‘putation n f Humicusa'tioN Latin. cubo an [hum The a& of lying on the ground Fafting and fackcloth and afhes and tears an bumicubations, ufed to be companions of repentance Bramball HUMID Tatin. edj. [humide, ¥rench Wet; moift; watery bumidus Tvis there, with Aumid bow Waters the odorous banks that blo ¥lowers of more mingl'd hu "Than her purpled fcarf can fhew Tilton The queen, recover'dy rears her bumid eyes Drydes And firlt her hufband on the poop efpies If they flip eafily, and arc of a fit fize to be agi#ated by heat, and the heat is bigenough to kee them in agitation, the body is fluid; and if it b apt to ftick to things, it is bumid. Neaton's Opticks Huwmi'piry. #. /. [bumidité, French ; fro That quality which we cal bumid. moifture, - or the power of wetting othe bodies. It differs very much from fluidity, depending altogether on the congruit of the component particles of any liquo to the pores or {urfaces of fuch particula bodies as it is capable of adhering to Thus gquickfilver is not a moift liquor an in refpe& to our hands or clothes many other things it will not ftick to but it may be called fa in reference t gold tin orlead furfaces i to whof And even wate will prefently adhere itfelf that wets almoft every thing, an is the great ftandard of Aumidity, is no capable of wetting every: thing, for i ftands and runs eafily off in globula drops on the leaves of cabbages and man othe plants an it will no th we feathers of ducks, fwans, and other waterQuincy fowl We'll ufe this unwholefome Aumidity, this grof Shakefpeare watry pumpion O blefling-breeding fun ward from the earth Rotten humidity Infe& the air below thy fifter's or Shakefpeare's Timon of Athens Young animals have more tender fibres, and mor sbumidity, than old animals, which have their juice Arbuthnot more exalted and relifhing Huwmrria'rron, #. /. [French. - 1. Defcent from greatnefs; act of humility Th forme wa latter an humiliatio a hwmiliatio of manhood of Deity th for which cauf there followed upon the latter an exaltation of tha which was humbled; for with power he created th ‘world, but reftored it by obedience Hooker Thy bumiliation fhall exal With thee thy manhood alfo to this throne, 4i/ton 2. Mortification; external expreffion of fi and ‘unworthinefs John fared poorly, accerding unto the apparel h wore, that is, ef camel's hair and the doétrine h preached was humiliation and repentance With tear Brownr Wat'ring the ground, and with our fighs the ai Frequenting, fent from hearts contrite, in fig Offorrow unfeign'd, and bumiliation meek, Miltor 3. Abatement of pride HuwmiLiry, o /. [humilité, French. 1. Freedom from pride ; modefty ; no arrogance When we make profeflion of our faith, w ftand when we acknowledge our fins, or feek unto (Go for favour, we fall down; becaufe the gofture o " Vor. 1 cenftancy becometh us belt in the ene, in the othe the behaviour of humility And penfive, wav'ring, ‘metancholy Thou dread'ft and hop'ft thou know'it not what Hooker I do not know that Englifhman alive Hvu'morovusvy, adj. [from humorons. 1. Merrily; jocofely With whom my foul is any jot at odds More than the infant that is born to-night 1 thank my God for my humility Shak. Rich. T11. //1/'4]'%" It has been humoroufly faid, that fom "The bumilityof the ftyle gained them many friends Clarendon There are fome that uf Humility to ferve their pride, and fee Humble upon their way, to be the proude At their wifh'd journey's end Denbam's Sophy It is an eafy matter to extol humility in the midf of honour, or to begin a faft after dinner South As high turrets, for their airy ftee Require foundations in proportion deep And lofty cedars as far upwards fheot As to the nether heavens they driye the root So Jow did her fecure foundation lye She was not humble, but bumility Wit king thefe bumilitie they fatisfie and by their bowin an bendin prefent ftorm Hu'mMER, 2 /. [from hum. th We refolve by halves, and unadvifedly rafhly, fillily, or Aumoron/ly Wil take 3. One who has violent and peculiar paffions an timeou inquifition th peccan humours and humorifts muft be difcovered and purged or cutoff cruelty mercy infuc a cafe, in a king, is tru Bacon to Villiers Hu'sorovs. adj. [from humonr. 1. Full of grotefque or odd images this paffage alludes to the ftory of the fatire Marfyas who contended with Apollo, which I think is mor Addiforn on Italy humorous 2. Capricious; irregular; without any rul but the prefent whim -a Aumorous patrician to b fai to be. fomething imperfect, in favouring the firf complaint; hafty and tinder-like, upon too trivia Shakefpeare's Coriolanus motion Thou fortune's champion, that do'ft never figh But when her humorons ladylhip is by Shakefp. King Fobn To teach thee fafety He's humorons as Winter, and as fudde As flaws congeal'd in the {pring of day Shakefpe Henry IV O, you awake then: come away are made for play The bumorous moon too will not ftay Ben fonfon What doth make you thus delay Vaft is his courage, boundlefs in his mind Rough as a ftorin, and busmorous as the wind. Dryden He that would learn to pafs a juflt fentence o perfons and things, muft take heed of a fancifu tempe affairs of -mind an a bumourois conduét in hi Watig's Logick 3. Pleafant; jocular. Thy humorous vein, thy pleafing folly Lies all neglected, all forgot maf is altogethe Swift Th 7. /. [humeur, Fr. bumor, Lat. aqueoti busmou of th eye will not freeze which is very admirable, fecing it hat fpicuity and fluidity of comumon water Ray on the Creation 2. The different kin the per body of moifture-i man' reckoned by the old phyficians t be phlegm, blood, choler, and melancholy which, as they predominated, were fup= pofed to determine the temper of mind Believe not thefe fuggeftions, which procee Fro anguifh of the mind andhmmonr That mingle with thy fancy black Miltorn As there is no humonr to which impudent povert cannot make itfelf ferviceable; fo were there eno of thofe of defperate ambition, who would build thei :houfes upon others ruin Sidney Ther cam a youn lord led with the bumou of youth; which everthinks that good whofe goodnef he fees not King James Sidney as he was a prince of great judgment fo he was a prince of a marvellous pleafant bumour Some of the commentators tell us, that Marfy was a lawyer who had loft his caufe; others tha 1 am know the wit of both fexe b 3. General turn or temper of mind Spectator a wif wher HU'MOUR 1. Moiftare hu ‘The wit finks imperceptibly into an Aumorif? B In this fenfe it is lef Hu'moursom ELY. adv. [from bumonrfome. Peevithly; petulantly 1. One who conduls himfelf by his ow 2. One who has odd conceits up in continuing fingular and buinorfome dif guifes This fort of fever is ‘comprehended under continual hbumoral fevers Harvey on Confumptions Addifon ?cild; humourous querades That whic heaven Ll:.'.wl. Our fcience cannot be much improve Dawies The notion ofa humori/? is one that is greatl pleafed, or greatly difpleafed, with little things; hi aions feldom directed by thereafon and nature o things Watts ‘This humorift keeps to himfelf much more tha he wants, and gives his fuperfluities to purchaf upon no yeafons tha hold ufed avoided th fancy; one who gratifies-his own humour we refolv Hu'morousnEss. . /. [from humorous. 1. Ficklenefs; capricious levity 2. Jocularity; oddnefs of conceit Hu'moursome. adj. [from humonr. 1. Peevith; petulant youn [humorifpo, Italian Sawift z. Capricioufly; whimfically hums; an applauder Ainfavorth Hvu'sorar. adj. [from bumour Proceeding from the humours Hvu'morist. 7 f morifle, French. have filhe the very jakes for papers left there by men of wit Dryden z. A& of fubmiffion Prior A cabinet of medals Juvenal calls very bumorsu/ly concifum argentum in titulos aciefque minutas What the height of a king tempteth to revenge the bumility of a Chriftian teacheth to forgive King Charles Times be fhort . It may ferve for a great leflon of humiliatio to mankind, to behold the habits and paflions o anen trampling over intereft, friend(hip, honour, an their own perfonal fafety, as well as that of thei Country Swift HU as he was going through Lufen by Greenwich, h atked what town it was? they faid Lufen. He atked agood while after, what town is this we are now in They faid ftill it was Lufen then, faid the king will be king of Lufen Examine how your bumou Bacon's Apopthegms is inelin'd And which the ruling paffion of your mind Rofcommor They, who were acquainted with him, know hi bumour to be fuch himfelf that h would neve conftrai Dryden In cafes where it it is neceflary to make examples it is the humour of the multitude to forget the crime and to remember the punifhment Addifon Good humour only teaches charms to laft Still makes new conquefts, and maiatains the paft Pope 4. Prefent difpofition It is the curfe of kings to be attende By flaves, that take their hamonrs fo To break into the blood-houfe of litz Another thought her nobler bumout fed Their pumours are not ta be won But when theyareimpos'd upon Hudibras ‘Lempt not his heavy hand But ene {ubmiflive word which you let fall Will make him in good bumonr with us all. Dryder 5. Grotefqu imagery jocularity mesri ment In converfation Jumonr is more than wit, eafinef more than knowlcdge Tew;/é 6 9. Tendenc |