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A blow or thump. Halliwell. -- a.

ose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother. Pottering about the Mile End cottages. Mrs. Humphry Ward.

, any moth of the family Notodontidæ; a notodontian; -- so called because the larva has a hump or prominence on its back. Several of the species are injurious to fruit trees.

unch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator.

ging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larvæ are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.

byssinian ox (Bos or Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.

To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." W. Irving.

A sharp blow; a thump. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq. U. S.]

upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." Mrs. Humphry Ward.

nce of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays. [R.] Humphrey Lloyd.

f free speech. To bring forth more violent deeds. Milton. Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life. Shak.

Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A time for wholesale trust." Mrs. Humphry Ward.

s short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.