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Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.

The human skin. [Jocose] Dryden.

The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person. A fair persone, and strong, and young of age. Chaucer. If it assume my noble father's person. Shak. Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. Milton.

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker.

The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet. Shak.

Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. Jer. Taylor.

ture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests. [Recent] M. Arnold.

A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to Ant: misogynist.

, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.

The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.

The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

ially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.

A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.

ng journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life. Shak. The days of the years of my pilgrimage. Gen. xlvii. 9.

ak; a pointed summit. Three silent pinnacles of aged snow. Tennyson. The slippery tops of human state, The gilded pinnacles of fate. Cowley.

A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body; as:

found in Java (hence called Java man) in 1891-92. These bones include a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the Neanderthal man. Also…

ich characters are represented by dialogue and action. A play ought to be a just image of human nature. Dryden.