Hu"man*ness, n. The quality or state of being human.
Hu"mate (?), n. [L. humus the earth, ground.] (Chem.) A salt of humic
acid.
Hu*ma"tion (?), n. [L. humatio, fr. humare to cover with earth, to
inter, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage.] Interment; inhumation.
[R.]
Hum"bird` (?), n. Humming bird.
Hum"ble (?), a. [Compar. Humbler (?); superl. Humblest (?).] [F., fr.
L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage,
and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.] 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty;
not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
cottage.
THy humble nest built on the ground.
Cowley.
2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little 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 of our . . .
religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Washington.
Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa
(M. sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to
submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or
humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers
at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.