hulling machine

Agric.: A machine for removing the cuticle from grain, and for breaking it without reducing it to the condition of meal. hŭl-lō, interj. [HOLLOA.] hull-ock, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Naut.: A small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep the ship's head to the sea. hull-ỹ, a. [Eng. hull; -y.) Having hulls or husks; husky; siliquose. hū-lô-Ist, s. [HYLOIST.] hū-lô-the-Işm, 8. [HYLOTHEISM.] hulst, s. [Dut.] Scott: Lord of the Isles, vi. 20. 3. A confused murmuring or buzzing sound; a "And the neigh of the steed and the multitude's hum." Byron: Siege of Corinih, xxii. 4. A buzz or murmur of applause or approbation. "The deep hum by which our ancestors were wont to indicate approbation." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xi. 5. An inarticulate sound uttered by a speaker when pausing through embarra ment or hesitation; as, hums and haws . 6. Strong ale mixed with spirits; so called probably from the humming or buzzing in the head caused by it. "Come, bring out a bottle, here presently, wife, Of the best Cheshire hum he e'er drank in his life. Cotton: Voyage to Ireland in Burlesque . 7. A cheat, an imposition, a trick, a hoax, a hum bug . B. As interj.: An inarticulate sound, expre ive of doubt, hesitation, or deliberation; hem; ahem. "I cried hum /and, well, go to!" Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I. , iii. 1. hū-mạn, *hu-main, *hu-maine, *hu-mane, a . & s. [ Fr.huma in , from Lat. human us , from homo =a man; Sp. huma no ; Ital. umano . Human and humane are e entially the same words, the former being derived from the Latin through the French, the latter directly from the Latin.] IMG:content-1340.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1341.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Having the feelings or disposition proper to man; endowed with tenderne , kindne , and compa ion; kind, gentle, compa ionate. "Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination." -Spot tis wood: Church of Scotland (an. 1539). 3. Humanizing, elevating, refining: applied to the polite or elegant branches of study, as poetry, The toric, philology, the fine arts, . hu-mā'ne-ly, adv. [Eng. humane; -ly.] *1. Like men. "By way of consolation we exhorted and persuaded humane cases, humanely."-P. Hol them to bear land: Plutarch, p. 435. 2. In a humane manner; with kindne , gentlene , and compa ion. "We might gue they relieved us humanely."-Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i. 1.