Hum"mock*ing, n. The process of forming hummocks in the collision of
Arctic ice. Kane.
Hum"mock*y (?), a. Abounding in hummocks.
Hum"mum (?), n. [Per. or Ar. hammn.] A sweating bath or place for
sweating. Sir T. Herbert.
Hu"mor (?), n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor,
moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See Humid.] [Written
also humour.] 1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal
bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (the blood,
phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the
relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended.
2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an
eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple.
3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed
to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body);
disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of
your mind.
Roscommon.
A prince of a pleasant humor.
Bacon.