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led; to be named. [Obs.] There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. Chaucer.

collectively; the human race. But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity. Wordsworth. It is a debt we owe to humanity. S. S. Smith.

for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6. She should be humble who would please. Prior. Without a humble imitation of the divine Author o…

mble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19.

One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.

A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.

A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; -- used as a term of contempt or reproach. Grew.

A worthless woman; a hussy. [Obs.] Shak.

ssesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.] Cudworth.

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

nus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.

ce; a delineation or description. Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms. Cudworth.

To form an image or likeness of. [R.] Cudworth.

ose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.

Ear of corn. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [R.] Cudworth.

Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation. Milton. -- Il*laud"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Broome.

Want of locality or place. [R.] Cudworth.

ight; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. Shak. To prove him, and illustrate his high worth. Milton.

Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities. Sir W. Raleigh.