{ } v. t. [ Pref. be- + scumber, scummer. ] To discharge ordure or dung upon. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [ Written also brestsummer and bressummer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Breastsummer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., “the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry, ” etc. ] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [ Slang ] “These Brummagem gentry.” Lady D. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught in a cloudburst while wearing my best suit was a bummer. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ PJC ]

n. See Bottomery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having the relationship of friends or pals. [ colloquial ]
Syn. -- matey, pally, palsy-walsy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. associated on close terms. [ informal ]
Syn. -- thick(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + meridian. ] About, or near, the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. circum- + mure, v. t. ] To encompass with a wall. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum. ] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. “A man of perfect and consummate virtue.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consummated p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating ] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

To consummate this business happily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consummatio. ] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

From its original to its consummation. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quiet consummation have,
And renownéd be thy grave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to consummate; completing. “The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of crumb or crumbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. of very poor quality. [ informal ]
Syn. -- bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Written also kummerbund, cummerband, etc. ] [ Hind. kamarband, fr. Per. Kamar loins + band fastening. ] A sash for the waist; a girdle. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Cumin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [ Colloq. U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as: (a) The squeteague. (b) A California sculpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Thomas Drummond, a British naval officer. ] A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat, invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it a beam of light from the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dumbledor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who feigns dumbness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Dumb. ] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dummy car. See under Car. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dummies 1. One who is dumb. H. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An ignorant or thick-witted person; a foolish person; a dolt.
Syn. -- dope, boob, booby, pinhead, dumbbell. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A floating barge connected with a pier. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

To play dummy, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.

n. [ W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe. ] 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. [ 1913 Webster ]

Milk and flummery are very fit for children. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flummery of modern criticism. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A hinny. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gloom. ] Dark; gloomy; dismal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gummata [ NL. So called from its gummy contents See Gum. ] (Med.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Belonging to, or resembling, gumma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From 2d Gum. ] A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gummi gum + -ferous. ] Producing gum; gum-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because it occurs in rounded or flattened pieces which look like gum. ] (Min.) A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [ R. ] Floyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gummosus; cf. F. gommeux. ] 1. Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to a gumma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Gummer (&unr_;); superl. Gummirst. ] Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then rubs his gummy eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Hamble. ] To separate from the awns; -- said of barley. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also hummeller. ] One who, or a machine which, hummels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A humming bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. --
Humming-bird moth (Zool.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth, under Hawk, the bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.), any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size with long slender bills adapted to sucking nectar from flowers, and are noted for the very brilliant iridescent colors of their plumage and their peculiar habit of hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming noise; the wings are specialized for hovering flight, but they can also dart forward and fly quite rapidly. They feed both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus colubris. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and Ruby-throat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump. ] 1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [ Southern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in hummocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. or Ar. hammān. ] A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconsummatus. See In- not, and Consummate. ] Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. -- In`con*sum"mate*ness, n. [1913 Webster]