humectation 
ing, or the like. (b) The application of mois- 
tening remedies. 
humectivet (hu-mek'tiv), a. [< humect + 4ve.~] 
Having the power to moisten. 
humefy (hu'me-fi), v. t. ; pret. and pp. Immefied, 
ppr. ItHincJ'ijiity. [< L. fmmefacere, umefacere, 
make moist, < httmere, umerc, be moist, + fa- 
cere, make: see -fy.] To make moist; soften 
with water. QwHm/Uk. 
humeral (hu'me-ral), a. andn. [= F. humeral 
= Sp. Pg. humeral = It. umerale, < NL. humc- 
ralis; cf. neut. LL. humemle, a covering for the 
shoulders, < L. humerus, umerus, the shoulder: 
see humerus.'] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the 
humerus. 2. Of or pertaining to the upper 
arm or the shoulder. 3. In cntom., pertain- 
ing to, or situated on or near, a humerus or ante- 
rior corner of the thorax or wing-cover Hume- 
ral angle, in entom. : (a) The exterior front angle of the 
thorax orpronotum. (It) The exteriorangle of a beetle's ely- 
I mm i. adjoining the pronotum. (c) A bend in the anterior 
margin of the wing, near the base, found in certain in- 
secta. Humeral artery. Same as brachial artery (which 
see, under brachial). Humeral callosities, dilated 
spaces on the front angles of the thorax, seen in many 
Diptera, formed by a coalescence of parts of the pro- 
thorax with the metathorax. Humeral cincture, in 
ichth. See cincture. Humeral veil, in the Ram. Cath. 
Cft. , a long narrow veil of silk, of the color of the ecclesi- 
astical season, worn at solemn mass by the sub-deacon, 
hanging from his neck and over his shoulders. He 
covers his hands with it when he brings the paten from 
the credence at the offertory, and while he holds the paten 
elevated after the oblation of the unconsecrated chalice, 
and until the end of the Lord's Prayer. See patener. 
II. . 1. Same as amice 1 , 2. 
The priest put on the humeral, beset with precious 
stones. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 115. 
2. The second joint, counting from the base, of 
the pedipalp of a spider. It is generally long 
and rather slender. 
humeri, . Plural of humerus. 
humero-abdominal (hu'me-ro-ab-dom'i-nal), 
a. Pertaining both to the humerus and to the 
abdomen, or the upper arm and the belly. 
hiimero-abdoininalis (hu"me-r6-ab-dom-i-na'- 
lis), n. [NL .] A muscle of the hedgehog which 
extends along the side of the abdomen, and con- 
nects the humerus with the orbicularis panni- 
culi, the action of which it assists. 
humerocubital (hu'me-rd-ku'bi-tal), a. 1. In 
anat., pertaining to the humerus and to the cu- 
bit or ulna, as a muscle which arises from one 
and is inserted into the other of these bones. 
2. In ichth., relating to the confluent so-called 
humerus, ulna, and radius exemplified in silu- 
roid fishes ; of or belonging to the coracoid or 
paraglenal. Giinther. 
humerodigital (hu"me-r6-dij'i-tal), a. Per- 
taining to the humerus and a finger; arising 
from the humerus and inserted into a finger or 
into the digits collectively, as a muscle. 
humerodorsal (hu'me-ro-dor'sal), a. Pertain- 
ing to the humerus and the back. 
humerodorsalis (hu'me-ro-dor-sa'lis), n. 
[NL.] A muscle of the hedgehog arising from 
the humerus near the ori- 
gin of the humero-abdomi- 
nalis, passing through the 
axilla, and expanding upon 
the integument of the back 
and upon the orbicularis 
pannieuli, the action of 
which it assists. 
humerometacarpal (hu*- 
me-ro-met-a-kar'pal), a. 
Pertaining to the huinerus 
and the metacarpus; arising 
from the humerus and in- 
serted into the metacarpus, 
as a muscle. 
burner oradial (hu^me-ro- 
ra'di-al), a. Pertaining to 
the humerus and the radius, 
or the upper arm and the 
forearm: specifically ap- 
plied to the ratio of length 
between these parts. 
A long forearm (humero-radial 
index 80). 
W. B. Flower, Pop. Sci. Mo., 
[XXVIII. 316. 
humerus (hu'me-rus), .; pi. 
humeri (-ri). [= F. humerus 
= Sp. humero = Pg. humero 
= It. umero, omero, <. L. hu- 
merus, a common but incor- 
rect spelling of umerus, the 
shoulder, prop, the upper 
bone of the arm ; = Gr. //{ , 
the shoulder, = Goth, amsa, 
Front View of Right Hu- 
man Humerus. 
t>, bicipital groove ; cf, 
coronoid fossa ; ec, ejtter- 
nalcondyle.orepicondyle; 
gt, greater tuberosity, or 
trocniter ; fi, head ; ic, 
internal condyle, or epi- 
trochlea; Ih, capitellum, 
for articulation with ra- 
dius ; It, lesser tuberosity. 
or trochin ; /, trochlea, for 
articulation with ulna. 
Between h and g-t or // is 
the anatomical neck of the 
bone ; a little below b is 
the surgical neck of the 
bone. 
2916 
the shoulder, = Skt. ansa, the shoulder.] 1. 
In anat. : (a) The bone of the upper arm, ex- 
tending from the shoulder-joint to the elbow- 
joint. In all the higher vertebrates it is a single bone, 
usually of much greater length than thickness, and more 
or less cylindrical, but in a few cases short and stout and 
very irregular. It articulates above with the scapula, or 
scapula and coracoid, by a convex head ; below by its con- 
dyles with the bones of the forearm. It is remarkably 
slender and cylindrical in man, and still more so in bats. 
See cut under epicundyle. (ft) The proscapula of 
fishes : so called by Cuvier and his followers, 
(c) The mesocoracoid of fishes: so designated 
by Owen and others. (<Jf) The shoulder or up- 
per arm and associated parts. 2. In entom.: 
(a) The femur of the fore leg; the brachium. 
Kirby and Spence. (b) The subcostal or sub- 
marginal vein of the fore wing of certain hy- 
menopters. Walker, (c) The front corner of the 
thoracic region seen from above ; the shoulder : 
this may be the prothorax, as in Coleoptcra, or 
the mesothorax, as in Diptera. Anconeal fossa 
of the humerus. See anconeal. 
humet, humette 1 (hu-mef), . [Origin ob- 
scure.] In her., a fesse or bar couped or cut off 
short at each end, and so forming a simple rec- 
tangle with its longer sides horizontal. 
humet6. humett6, humettee (hu-me-ta', -te'), 
a. In her., couped at each end or arm, BO that 
the extremities do not reach the sides of the es- 
cutcheon: applied to the chevron, fesse, cross, 
and the like. 
humette 2 (hu-mef), . A cap of fence worn 
by archers and other infantry soldiers in the 
fifteenth century. 
humgrumn (hum'gruf-in), n. [A made word, 
based on hunfl-, v. '., + gruffi, mixed with grif- 
fin.] A terrible or repulsive person. [Humor- 
ous.] 
All shrunk from the glance of that keen-flashing eye, 
Save one horrid Humgruffin, who seem'd by his talk, 
And the airs he assumed, to be cock of the walk. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 198. 
humhum (hum'hum), . [E. Ind.] A kind of 
plain, coarse Indian cloth, made of cotton. 
Humian(hu'mi-an),a. Of orpertaining to David 
Hume (1711-76)J a Scottish philosopher and his- 
torian, or to his philosophy or writings. Hume 
carried sensationalism and individualism to their extreme 
consequences, resulting in philosophical skepticism. The 
study of Hume roused Kant to the production of his "Cri- 
tique of the Pure Keason," which is largely a refutation of 
Hume's skepticism. 
The principal effort of the Humian school has been to 
abrogate relations not only from the sphere of reality, but 
from the sphere of consciousness. W. James, Mind, IX. 4. 
The Humian theory was believed to lead inevitably to 
scepticism and infidelity. Eneyc. Brit., IV. 387. 
humic (hu'mik), a. [< humus + -ic.] Pertain- 
ing to or derived from mold (humus) Humic 
acid, an acid found in humus, or formed from it by boiling 
with an alkali. Its salts are called humates. 
humicubationt (hu*mi-ku-ba'shon), . [< L. 
humus, the ground, humi, on the ground, T cu- 
batio(n-), a lying down, < cubare, lie down.] A 
lying on the ground ; penitential prostration. 
Fasting and sackcloth, and ashes and tears, and humicu- 
bations, used to be companions of repentance. 
Abp. Bramhall. 
Lents, Embers, Vigils, Groans, Humicubations. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, v. 146. 
humid (hu'mid), a. [< F. humide = Pr. humid = 
Sp. humedo = Pg. humido = It. umido, < L. hu- 
midiis, correctly umidus, moist, < humere, correct- 
ly umerc, be moist, akin to uvens, moist, uvidus, 
udm, moist: cf. Gr. vyp6f, moist (see hygro-), 
Icel. vokr, moist, > E. dial, wokey, moist, ME. 
wokien, be moist. Hence humor, etc.] Moist, 
or accompanied with moisture ; containing, or 
formed or effected by, water or vapor ; wet or 
watery; damp. 
On which the sun more glad impress'd his beams 
Than in fair evening cloud, or humid bow. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 151. 
Fearless of humid air and gathering rains, 
Forth steps the man. Cowper, Task, L 212. 
Humid process. See assaying. =Syn. Damp, Dank, etc. 
See moist. 
humidify (hu-mid'i-S), v. t. ; pret. and pp. hu- 
midified, ppr. humidifying. [< humid + -i-fy.~\ 
To make humid. [Bare.] 
Humidifying the air in mills. The Engineer, LXV. 353. 
humidity (hu-mid'j-ti), n. [< ME. humidytee, < 
OF. humidite, F. humidite = Pr. humiditat = Sp. 
humididad (cf . Pg. humidade) = It, umiditA, < L. 
humidita(t-)s, correctlv umidita(t-)s, moisture, 
< umidus, moist: see humid.] 1. The state of 
being humid; moisture; dampness; especially, 
a moderate degree of wetness which is percep- 
tible to the eye or touch. 
humility 
Til it be harde, unwattred must it be, 
Lest alle the werk corrupte humyditee. 
Palladim, Husbondrte (E. E. T. S.), p. 183. 
O blessed breeding sun, draw from the curt li 
Rotten humidity. Khak., 1. of A., iv. 3. 
2. In meteor., the amount of aqueous vapor in 
the atmosphere compared with that which is re- 
quired to saturate it under the given condition 
as to temperature: specifically called relative 
humidity, it the atmosphere is completely saturated, 
the humidity is expressed as 100 ; if perfectly dry, as 0. The 
humidity varies widely in different places, and in the same 
place at different times. 
humidness (hu'mid-nes), n. Humidity. 
humifuse (hu'mi-fus), a. [= F. humifuse, < L. 
humus, the ground, humi, on the ground, + fu- 
sus, pour or spread out, pp. of fundere, pour: 
see fuse 1 and^bd 3 .] In opt., spread over the 
surface of the ground; procumbent: as, a hu- 
mifuse plant. 
humilet, a. [< L. humilis, low, humble : see hum- 
ble 3 , the older form.] Lowly; humble. 
humilet, *' t. [< hwnile, a. Cf . humiliate, hum- 
bleS, t'.] To humble. 
Davyd ought to humyle himselfe. Bp. Fisher. 
humiliant (hu-mil'i-ant), a. [= F. humiliant 
= Sp. humilldnte = Pg. humilhante = It. umili- 
ante, < LL. humilian(t-)s, ppr. of humiliare, hu- 
miliate : see humiliate.'] Humiliating. [Bare.] 
The melancholy of huinilinnt thoughts. 
Mrs. Browning, Drama of Exile. 
humiliate (hu-mil'i-at), v. t. ; pret. and pp. hu- 
miliated, ppr. humiliating. [< LL. humiliatus, 
pp. of humiliare ( > It. um iliare = Sp. humillar = 
Pg. humilhar = Pr. humiliar, umiliar, omeliar = 
F. humilier), abase, humble, < L. humilis, lowly, 
humble : see humble 3 .'] To cause to be or ap- 
pear lower or more humble ; depress ; especial- 
ly, to abase in estimation; subject to shame or 
disgrace ; mortify: as, to humiliate one's self by 
a confession; to humiliate a boaster. 
We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. Arnold. 
= Syn. Debase, Degrade, etc. (see abase) ; mortify, shame, 
put to shame, put down, dishonor, 
humiliating (hu-mil' i-a-ting), p. a. [Ppr. of hu- 
miliate, *.] Humbling; depressing or bating 
pride; mortifying. 
The citizens of Madrid have more than once besieged 
their sovereign in his own palace, and extorted from him 
the most humiliating concessions. 
Macaulay, Machiavelli. 
This humiliating peace of Preaburg, by which Austria 
lost 23,000 square miles of territory and almost 3,000,000 of 
inhabitants, was a prelude to the complete overthrow of 
the German empire. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, App. it, p. 401. 
humiliation (hu-rnil-i-a'shon), n. [= F. humili- 
ation = Pr. hutiiiliatio = Sp. humiliation = Pg. 
humiliafSo = It. umiliazione, < LL. humilia- 
tio(n-), < humiliare, humiliate: see humiliate.'] 
The act of humiliating or humbling, or the 
state of being humiliated ; abasement ; morti- 
fication. 
The former was an humiliation of Deity : the latter an 
humiliation of manhood. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
The miseries and humiliations of dependence . . . had 
not broken the spirit of Machiavelli. 
Jfacaulay, Machiavelli. 
Note the humiliation he suffers from being looked down 
upon as of no account amongst men. 
H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 250. 
humility (hu-mil'i-ti), n. ; pi. humilities (-tiz). 
[< ME. humilite, <' OF. humilite, F. humilitd = 
Pr. humilital, omilitat = Sp. humildad = Pg. 
humildade = It. umilita, < L. humilita(t-)s, low- 
ness, meanness, baseness, in LL. (eccl.) humil- 
ity, < humilis, low, lowly, humble : see humble 3 .'] 
1. The state or character of being humble; 
freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness 
of mind; a low estimate of one's sell; self- 
abasement. 
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom ; and 
before honour is humility. Prov. xv. 33. 
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with 
many tears. Acts xx. 19. 
Owe not thy humility unto humiliation from adversity. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ Mor., L 1*. 
It is the mark of nobleness to volunteer the lowest ser- 
vice, the greatest spirit only attaining to humility. 
Emerson, Civilization. 
2f. An act of submission. 
With these humilities they satisfied the young king. 
Sir J. Dames. 
3. A name of several different tattlers or tota- 
nine birds of the family Scolopacidce. (a) The 
semipalmated tattler or willet, Symphemia semipalmata. 
[Massachusetts.] (6) The greater yellowlegs, Totanus me- 
lanuleucus. Audubon. [Maine.] (c) The Bartramian sand- 
piper. Trmnbull. (Long Island, New York.] (d) The 
Hudsouian godwit, Limosa hcemaetica. [Local. U. S.) 
=SjTL 1. Meekness, humbleness, lowliness, diffidence. 
