*hume*

n. The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A catechumen. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disinter. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epithumetical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to long for, lust after; 'epi` + qymo`s soul, heart, desire. ] Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exhumed pos>p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming. ] [ LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble. ] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. humectans, p. pr. ] Diluent. -- n. A diluent drink or medicine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter. ] To moisten; to wet. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation. ] A moistening. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to moisten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. huméral. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Humeri [ L. ] (Anat.) (a) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. (b) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of aposteme. See Aposteme. ] A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. Same as Imposthumate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhumed p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming. ] [ Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain,
Inhume the natives in their native plain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } See Mohammedan, Muslim, Mohammedanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Posthumous. [ Obs. ] I. Watts. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]