Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 51
Howdy (n.) A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Midwife
Midwife (n.) (pl. midwives) 助產士；促成因素 A person (typically a woman) trained to assist women in childbirth.
Midwife (n.) A person or thing that helps to bring something into being or assists its development.
‘He survived to be one of the midwives of the Reformation.’
Midwife (v. t.) Assist (a woman) during childbirth.
‘These women midwifed her.’
Midwife (v. t.) Bring into being.
‘Revolutions midwifed by new technologies of communication.’
Howdy (n.) 【方】您好 An expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" [syn: hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do].
Howdy (n.) (Exclamation) (North American) An informal friendly greeting, particularly associated with the western states.
‘Howdy, stranger.’
Howel (n.) A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.
Howel (v. t.) To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.
Howell (n.) The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
However (adv.) 無論如何，不管怎樣；不管用什麼方法；究竟怎樣，到底如何 In whetever manner, way, or degree.
However yet they me despise and spite. -- Spenser.
Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault. -- Shak.
However (adv.) At all events; at least; in any case.
Our chief end is to be freed from all, if it may be, however from the greatest evils. -- Tillotson.
However (conj.) 然而，可是，不過 Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it.
In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have took a better way. -- Dryden.
Syn: However, At least, Nevertheless, Yet.
Usage: These words, as here compared, have an adversative sense in reference to something referred to in the context. However is the most general, and leads to a final conclusion or decision. Thus we say, the truth, however, has not yet fully come out; i.e., such is the speaker's conclusion in view of the whole case. So also we say, however, you may rely on my assistance to that amount; i. e., at all events, whatever may happen, this is my final decision. At least is adversative in another way. It points out the utmost concession that can possibly be required, and still marks the adversative conclusion; as, at least, this must be done; whatever may be our love of peace, we must at least maintain the rights of conscience.
Nevertheless denotes that though the concession be fully made, it has no bearing of the question; as, nevertheless, we must go forward. Yet signifies that however extreme the supposition or fact comceded may be, the consequence which might naturally be expected does not and will not follow; as, though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee; though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Cf. But.
However (adv.) Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding].
However (adv.) By contrast; on the other hand; "the first part was easy; the second, however, took hours".
However (adv.) To whatever degree or extent; "The results, however general, are important"; "they have begun, however reluctantly, to acknowledge the legitimacy of some of the opposition's concerns".
However (adv.) In whatever way or manner; "Victory, however it was brought about, was sweet"; "however he did it, it was very clever".
Howitz (n.) A howitzer.
Howitzer (n.) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
Howitzer (n.) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.
Howker (n.) Same as Hooker.
Howled (imp. & p. p.) of Howl.
Howling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Howl.
Howl (v. i.) 狂吠，咆哮，呼嘯 To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Howl (v. i.) To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
Howl (v. t.) 狂喊著說 To utter with outcry.
Howl (n.) 吠聲，號叫 The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Howler (n.) One who howls.
Howler (n.) Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.
Howlet (n.) An owl; an owlet.
Howling (a.) 咆哮的；哭哭啼啼的；【口】非常的 Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {grand}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous}, {marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {tremendous}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}].
Howling (n.) 嗥叫；怒號；嚎哭聲；怒吼聲 A long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" [syn: {howl}, {howling}, {ululation}].
Howp (v. i.) To cry out; to whoop.
Howso (adv.) Howsoever.
Howsoever (adj. & conj.) In what manner soever; to whatever degree or extent; however.
Howsoever (adj. & conj.) Although; though; however.
Howve (n.) A hood. See Houve.
Hox (v. t.) To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.
Hoy (n.) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
Hoy (interj.) Ho! Halloe! Stop!
Hoyden (n.) Same as Hoiden.
Hoymen (n. pl. ) of Hoyman.
Hoyman (n.) One who navigates a hoy.
Hub (n.) （輪）轂；（推進器的）旋翼葉轂；（興趣、活動的）中心 The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
Hub (n.) The hilt of a weapon. -- Halliwell.
Hub (n.) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
Hub (n.) A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
Hub (n.) (Diesinking) A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
Hub (n.) A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.
Hub (n.) The central location within which activities tend to concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a focus of activity.
Hub (n.) Hence: (Aeronautics) A large airport used as a central transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air transportation between remote locations by directing travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the airplanes high. The hub together with the feeder lines from remote locations constitute the so-called.
Hub and spoke system Of commercial air passenger transportation. A commercial airline may have more than one such hub.
Hub (n.) The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by the nickname The Hub.
Hub plank (Highway Bridges), A horizontal guard plank along a truss at the height of a wagon-wheel hub.
Up to the hub, As far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]
Compare: Nave
Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.
Nave (n.) The navel. [Obs.] -- hak.
Hub (n.) The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
Hub (n.) A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area".
Hub, hubs () (By analogy with the hub of a wheel) A device connected to several other devices.
In ARCnet, a hub is used to connect several computers together. In a message handling service, a number of local computers might exchange messages solely with a hub computer.
The hub would be responsible for exchanging messages with other hubs and non-local computers. (1995-01-16)
Hubble-bubble (n.) A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.
Hubbub (v. i.) A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Hubby (a.) Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.
Hubner (n.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
Hubris (n.) A great or foolish amount of pride or confidence.
Hubris (n.) Exaggerated pride or self-confidence.
Hubristic (adj.) Extremely arrogant behavior resulting from pride or passion.
Hubristically (adv.) In a presumptuous or arrogant manner.
Huch (n.) Alt. of Huchen.
Huchen (n.) A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.
Huck (v. i.) To higgle in trading.
Huckaback (n.) A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.
Huckle (n.) The hip; the haunch.
Huckle (n.) A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
Huckle-backed (a.) Round-shoulded.
Huckleberry (n.) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa.
Huckleberry (n.) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry.
Huckster (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
Huckster (n.) A mean, trickish fellow.
Huckstered (imp. & p. p.) of Huckster.
Huckstering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huckster.
Huckster (v. i.) To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.
Hucksterage (n.) The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
Hucksterer (n.) A huckster.
Huckstress (n.) A female huckster.
Hud (n.) A huck or hull, as of a nut.
Huddled (imp. & p. p.) of Huddle.
Huddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huddle.
Huddle (v. i.) 擠作一團；聚在一起 [（+together）]； 蜷縮，縮成一團 [（+up）]；偎依 [（+against）] To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
The cattle huddled on the lea. -- Tennyson.
Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. -- Prescott.
Huddle (v. t.) 把……緊擠在一起 [H] [（+together/ up/ into）]；使蜷縮，使縮成一團 [（+up）]；使偎依 [（+against）] To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. -- Locke.
Huddle (v. t.) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together. "Huddle up a peace." -- J. H. Newman.
Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. -- Dryden.
Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. -- Swift.
Huddle (n.) A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas." -- Addison.
Huddle (n.) (Informal) A quick private conference [syn: {huddle}, {powwow}].
Huddle (n.) A disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women".
Huddle (v.) Crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" [syn: {huddle}, {huddle together}].
Huddle (v.) Crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn: {huddle}, {cower}].
Huddled (a.) 縮成一團的；依偎在一起的；擠成一團的；堆在一起的；huddle的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Crowded or massed together; "give me...your huddled masses"; "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind."
Huddler (n.) One who huddles things together.
Huddler (n.) A member of a huddle.
Huddler (n.) A person who crouches; "low huddlers against the wind."
Hudge (n.) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.
Hudibrastic (a.) Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.
Hudsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew.
Hue (n.) Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." -- Milton.
Hues of the rich unfolding morn. -- Keble.
Hue (n.) (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
Hue (n.) A shouting or vociferation.
Hue and cry (Law), A loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. -- Burrill.
Compare: Tone
Tone (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
[Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones. -- Milton.
Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. -- Keble.
Tone (n.) (Rhet.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. -- Dryden.
Tone (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
Tone (n.) (Mus.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
Note: The use of the word tone, both for a sound and for the interval between two sounds or tones, is confusing, but is common -- almost universal.
Note: Nearly every musical sound is composite, consisting of several simultaneous tones having different rates of vibration according to fixed laws, which depend upon the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of excitation. The components (of a composite sound) are called partial tones; that one having the lowest rate of vibration is the fundamental tone, and the other partial tones are called harmonics, or overtones. The vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any sound are expressed by all, or by a part, of the numbers in the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; and the quality of any sound (the tone color) is due in part to the presence or absence of overtones as represented in this series, and in part to the greater or less intensity of those present as compared with the fundamental tone and with one another. Resultant tones, combination tones, summation tones, difference tones, Tartini's tones (terms only in part synonymous) are produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more primary (simple or composite) tones.
Tone (n.) (Med.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
Note: In this sense, the word is metaphorically applied to character or faculties, intellectual and moral; as, his mind has lost its tone.
Tone (n.) (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
Tone (n.) State of mind; temper; mood.
The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, . . . drag the mind down . . . from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business. -- Bolingbroke.
Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. -- W. C. Bryant.
Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
Tone (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
Tone (n.) (Physiol.) Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.
Tone (n.) Color quality proper; -- called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.
She was dressed in a soft cloth of a gray tone. -- Sir G. Parker.
Tone (n.) (Plant Physiol.) The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.
Tone color. (Mus.) See the Note under def. 4, above.
Tone syllable, An accented syllable. -- M. Stuart.
Hue (n.) The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength [syn: hue, chromaticity].
Hue (v.) Take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey".
Hue (v.) Suffuse with color [syn: imbue, hue].
Hue; tint () (Or "tint") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the frequency of light or the position in the spectrum or the relative amounts of red, green and blue. Hue corresponds to the common definition of colour, e.g. "red", "orange", "violet" etc. The other coordinates are saturation and brightness. (1999-07-05)
Hued (a.) Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued. -- Chaucer.
Hueless (a.) Destitute of color. -- Hudibras.
Hueless (a.) Of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue.
Huer (n.) One who cries out or gives an alarm; specifically, a balker; a conder. See Balker.
Huffed (imp. & p. p.) of Huff.
Huffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huff.
Huff (v.) To compress data using Huffman coding. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof.
Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress.
Huff (v.) To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such methods have been called ?HUFF? or some variant thereof. Oppose {puff}. Compare {crunch}, {compress}.
Huff (v. t.) 觸怒；冒犯；蔑視；恫嚇 To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. -- Grew
Huff (v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to huff us. -- Echard.
Huff (v. t.) (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
Huff (v. i.) 噴氣；吹氣；深呼吸；恫嚇 To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. -- South.
Huff (v. i.) (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
Huff (n.) 氣惱，憤怒 A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the place in a huff." -- W. Irving.
Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. -- South.
{To take huff}, To take offence. -- Cowper.
Huff (n.) A state of irritation or annoyance [syn: {huff}, {miff}, {seeing red}].
Huff (v.) Inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn: {huff}, {snort}].
Huff (v.) Blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" [syn: {puff}, {huff}, {chuff}].
Huffcap (n.) A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] -- a. Blustering; swaggering. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Huffcap (a.) Blustering; swaggering.
Huffer (n.) A bully; a blusterer. -- Hudibras.
Huffiness (n.) The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper. -- Ld. Lytton.
Huffiness (n.) A passing state of anger and resentment.
Huffingly (adv.) Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride. -- Old Ballad.
Huffish (a.) Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. -- Huff"ish*ly, adv. -- Huff"ish*ness, n.
Huffish (a.) Sullen or moody [syn: huffish, sulky].
Huffy (a.) Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
Huffy (a.) Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Huffy (a.) Quick to take offense [syn: huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy].
Huffy (a.) Roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, mad, sore].
Hugged (imp. & p. p.) of Hug.
Hugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hug.
Hug (v. i.) To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] -- Palsgrave.