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Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.

Having a hump, as the back.

An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.

Without a hump. Darwin.

Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.

An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.

An extract of hops.

That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. Graham.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe.

To beat or thump soundly. Shak.

A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.]

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]

One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions.

A catechumen. Bp. Morton.

To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college. [U. S.]

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences.